Jon Lee

Bio

Pianist Jonathan Lee has thrilled audiences throughout the United States in venues including Symphony Hall in Boston, Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, Benaroya Hall in Seattle, and Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts, and has performed as soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony, Boston Pops Orchestra, and Utah Symphony.

A prizewinner of several competitions, Mr. Lee captured first prize at the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, first prize at the the San Diego International Piano Competition, first, audience, and best Liszt prizes at the Washington International Piano Artists Competition, second, audience, and best Baroque prizes at the Boston International Piano Competition, and gold medal, audience, and teacher prizes at the Seattle International Piano Competition.

Mr. Lee has also performed and participated in festivals such as Amalfi Coast Piano Festival, PianoTexas, St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar, and the Wassermann Festival. He has worked with esteemed pedagogues Jerome Lowenthal, Leon Fleisher, Boris Slutsky, and Russell Sherman. Currently he studies privately with Professor Yoshikazu Nagai, chair of the piano department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and visiting professor of piano at Peabody Conservatory.

In recent years, Mr. Lee has developed an interest in chamber music and formed the Alden Trio in 2013, performing throughout the Bay Area in concert series including Berkeley Hillside Club, Neighborhood Performance Project, and Berkeley Arts Festival.

In addition to his music interests, Mr. Lee pursued a Master’s degree in computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and currently enjoys a career in software. A new job took him from Cambridge to San Francisco where his passion for music was rekindled by the weekly Classical Revolution chamber jams in San Francisco’s Mission district.

Combining his interests in music and technology, Jon wrote MusicPodium, an app for iPad, to make piano score reading more portable. He continues to explore projects to advocate and share his enthusiasm for classical music.

Curriculum Vitae

A condensed CV is available online and as a PDF document. Please inquire by email for a complete version.

Repertoire

Solo

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

Impressionist

Twentieth Century

Concerto

Collaborative

Sonatas

Duos

Chamber

Classical

Romantic

Impressionist

Twentieth Century

Sample Programs

Solo

Half program (33m)

  • Handel, Keyboard Suite no. 2 in F major, HWV 427 (8m)
    • Adagio
    • Allegro
    • Adagio
    • Allegro
  • Schumann, Toccata, op. 7 (7m)
  • Schubert/Liszt, Gretchen am Spinnrade (4m)
  • Chopin, Etude in F major, op. 10 no. 8 (3m)
  • Scriabin, Sonata no. 2 in g minor, op. 19 “Sonata-Fantaisie” (11m)
    • Andante
    • Presto

Half program (29m)

  • Scarlatti, Sonata in D major K. 9 (4m)
  • Scarlatti, Sonata in d minor K. 435 (4m)
  • Schubert, Impromptu in B major, op. 142 no. 3 (10m)
  • Chopin, Scherzo no. 2 in b minor, op. 31 (11m)

Full program (65m)

  • Handel, Keyboard Suite no. 2 in F major, HWV 427 (8m)
    • Adagio
    • Allegro
    • Adagio
    • Allegro
  • Beethoven, Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109 (18m)
    • Vivace, ma non troppo
    • Prestissimo
    • Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
  • Chopin, Etude in E major, op. 10 no. 3 (4m)
  • Chopin, Etude in F major, op. 10 no. 8 (3m)
  • Chopin, Mazurka in a minor, op. 17 no. 4 (4m)
  • Chopin, Etude in c minor, op. 10 no. 12 (3m)
  • Bach/Rachmaninov, Violin Partita no. 3 in E major for piano (8m)
    • Preludio
    • Gavotte
    • Gigue
  • Schubert/Liszt, Gretchen am Spinnrade (4m)
  • Scriabin, Prelude in B major, op. 16 no. 1 (2m)
  • Scriabin, Sonata no. 2 in g minor, op. 19 “Sonata-Fantaisie” (11m)
    • Andante
    • Presto

Full program (75m)

  • Bach, Partita no. 1 in B major, BWV 825 (17m)
    • Praeludium
    • Allemande
    • Corrente
    • Sarabande
    • Menuet I
    • Menuet II
    • Giga
  • Beethoven, Sonata no. 11 in B major, op. 22 (24m)
    • Allegro con brio
    • Adagio con molta espressione
    • Minuetto
    • Rondo. Allegretto
  • Scriabin, Prelude in B major, op. 16 no. 1 (2m)
  • Liszt, Mephisto Waltz no. 1, S. 514 (12m)
  • Prokofiev, Sonata no. 7 in B major, op. 83 (20m)
    • Allegro inquieto
    • Andante caloroso
    • Precipitato

Collaborative

Full program (57m)

  • Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 4 in a minor, op. 23 (22m)
  • Ravel, Violin Sonata no. 1, M. 12 “Sonate posthume” (13m)
  • Brahms, Violin Sonata no. 3 in d minor, op. 108 (22m)

Chamber

Full program (55m)

  • Debussy, Piano Trio (22m)
  • Pärt, Mozart-Adagio (7m)
  • Mendelssohn, Piano Trio no. 2 in c minor, op. 66 (26m)

Full program (47m)

  • Corea, Addendum (5m)
  • Jalbert, Piano Trio no. 1 (15m)
  • Ravel, Piano Trio (27m)

Full program (48m)
“A trio sampler”

  • Haydn, Allegro (first movement) from Trio in C major, Hob. XV:27 (8m)
  • Coleridge-Taylor, Selections from Five Negro Melodies for piano trio, op. 59 no. 1 (8m)
    • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
    • I Was Way Down A-Yonder
  • Beethoven, Menuetto: Quasi Allegro (third movement) from Trio in C minor, op. 1 no. 3 (4m)
  • Glass, Head-On (5m)
  • Brahms, Andante con moto (second movement) from Trio in C major, op. 87 (8m)
  • Pärt, Mozart-Adagio (7m)
  • Schumann, Mit Feuer (fourth movement) from Trio in D major, op. 63 (8m)

Full program (87m)

  • Mozart, Piano Quartet no. 1 in g minor, K. 478 (26m)
    • Allegro
    • Andante
    • Rondo. Allegro
  • Fauré, Piano Quartet no. 1 in c minor, op. 15 (33m)
    • Allegro molto moderato
    • Scherzo. Allegro vivo
    • Adagio
    • Allegro molto
  • Schumann, Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op. 47 (28m)
    • Sostenuto assai — Allegro ma non troppo
    • Scherzo. Molto vivace
    • Andante cantabile
    • Finale. Vivace