Anthony Lee, DMA

My Story

Korean-American pianist Anthony C. Lee was a Fulbright recipient at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary in 2021 and a grand prize winner at the 2018 Chicago International Music Competition. Lee’s performance career has taken him across the US and Europe including in Italy, Greece, Hungary, Prague, and Serbia.

Dr. Lee’s research was centered around the history of the Liszt Academy and its rich lineage of Hungarian musicians. During the Fulbright residency, he also engaged in masterclasses and interviews with professors of the Academy alongside his performance activities. Last season (2022-23), Lee gave a series of lecture recitals across many US institutions including one at Indiana University for the American Liszt Society Festival. In his talk titled, An American in Budapest, Anthony shares his research and experiences of the city and the institution’s cultural vibrancy alongside a unique musical program of Hungarian composers.

Anthony has engaged in masterclasses with renowned teachers and performers such as Robert McDonald (Juilliard and Curtis), Martin Canin (Juilliard), John Perry (Glenn Gould School), André Laplante, Alexander Korsantia (New England Conservatory), Jonathan Biss (Marlborough Festival), Hie-Yon Choi (Seoul National University), Mūza Rubackytė (Lithuania), and Alexander Braginsky. 

Lee also founded in January of 2017 the Cary Classical Concerts and organized a series of themed concerts to offer high-caliber classical music to a broader audience. He also performed solo and chamber music with guest artists, often speaking to the audience that ranged in the hundreds. On radio, he was featured in My Life in Music on WCPE, the classical radio station of North Carolina.

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Dr. Lee holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the University of Michigan, and the Interlochen Arts Academy. He completed his DMA studies at the University of Kansas under Steven Spooner who is now a professor at the Peabody School of Music, Johns Hopkins University.