Jon Lee

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
    • Performance Studies Certificate, Keyboard Performance 2024
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
    • Master of Engineering in Computer Science 2003
      • Thesis, Interactive control of linked rigid body simulations
    • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 2002

Work Experience

  • Digital Communications Director, Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival, Maiori, Italy 2023–present
  • Freelance website designer and developer, San Francisco, CA 2022–present
  • iOS App Developer (MusicPodium), San Francisco, CA 2010–present
  • Rehearsal concerto pianist, Livermore-Amador Symphony, Livermore, CA 2022
    • Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26
  • John Adams Young Composers Program, composition recitals, Crowden School, Berkeley, CA 2022
  • Rehearsal concerto pianist, Nova Vista Symphony, Los Altos, CA 2022
    • Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26
  • Engineering Manager, Apple, Cupertino, CA 2011–2022
  • Rehearsal pianist for production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 2014
  • San Jose State University, composition recital, San Jose, CA 2013
  • Pianist, Nordstrom, Salt Lake City, UT 1996–1998

Principal Teachers

  • Yoshikazu Nagai, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA 2017–present
  • David Deveau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1999–2003
  • Gary Amano, Utah State University, Logan, UT 1995–1998
  • Donald Walker, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 1994–1995
  • Elaine Bliss, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, WI 1988–1994
  • Barbara Henry, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, WI 1986–1988

Masterclasses

  • Gautier Capuçon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA 2023
  • Emmanuel Ax, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA 2023
  • Alexander Kobrin, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA 2023
  • Marina Lomazov, Vivace! International Music Festival, Wilmington, NC 2023
  • Alexander Kobrin, Vivace! International Music Festival, Wilmington, NC 2023
  • Patsy Toh, Sicily International Piano Festival, Noto, Italy 2023
  • Jerome Lowenthal, Amalfi Coast Piano Festival, Maiori, Italy 2022
  • Enrico Elisi, Amalfi Coast Piano Festival, Maiori, Italy 2022
  • Michael Lewin, PianoTexas, Fort Worth, TX 2021
  • Maria Lambros, St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar, Palo Alto, CA 2019
  • Emanuel Krasovsky, PianoTexas, Fort Worth, TX 2018
  • Russell Sherman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 2001
  • Leon Fleisher, Wassermann Festival, Logan, UT 1999
  • André-Michel Schub, Wassermann Festival, Logan, UT 1998

Coaches

  • Julio Elizalde, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
  • Solomiya Ivakhiv, Vivace! International Music Festival
  • Gregg Pauley, Vivace! International Music Festival
  • Kwan Yi, Vivace! International Music Festival
  • Robert Shannon, Vivace! International Music Festival
  • Bernadene Blaha, Amalfi Coast Piano Festival, AIM Paris
  • Kevin Fitz-Gerald, AIM Paris
  • Christopher Harding, Sicily International Piano Festival
  • Vincenzo Pavone, Sicily International Piano Festival
  • Dmitry Rachmanov, Sicily International Piano Festival
  • Henning Vauth, Sicily International Piano Festival
  • Jean-Michel Fonteneau, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
  • Boris Slutsky, Amalfi Coast Piano Festival, PianoTexas
  • Ursula Oppens, Amalfi Coast Piano Festival
  • James Giles, Amalfi Coast Piano Festival
  • Enrico Elisi, Amalfi Coast Piano Festival
  • Andrey Ponochevny, PianoTexas
  • Owen Dalby, St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar
  • Pedja Muzijevic, St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar
  • Christopher Costanza, St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar
  • Jon Nakamatsu
  • Paul Hersh
  • Igor Resnianski, PianoTexas
  • Tamás Ungár, PianoTexas
  • Spencer Myer
  • Marcus Thompson, MIT Chamber Music Society

Recent Festivals

  • Vivace! International Music Festival, Wilmington, NC 2023
  • AIM Paris, Paris, France 2023
  • Sicily International Piano Festival & Competition, Noto, Italy 2023
  • Amalfi Coast Piano Festival, Maiori, Italy 2022
  • PianoTexas, Fort Worth, TX 2018, 2021
  • St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar, Palo Alto, CA 2019

Competitions

  • Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, Fort Worth, TX 2022
    • First Prize
  • San Diego International Piano Competition, San Diego, CA 2022
    • First Prize
  • Boston International Piano Competition, Cambridge, MA 2022
    • Second Prize, Audience Prize, Best Baroque Performance
  • Seattle International Piano Competition, Seattle, WA 2019
    • Gold Medal, Audience Favorite, Teachers’ Favorite
  • Washington International Piano Artists Competition (WIPAC), Washington, DC 2019
    • First Prize, Audience Prize, Best Liszt Performance
  • Boston International Piano Competition, Cambridge, MA 2019
    • Third Prize, Audience Prize

Projects

  • Untitled Bagatelle Project: New commissioned works on Beethoven Six Bagatelles, op. 126 2024

Performances

Selected Solo Recitals and Chamber Performances

  • Piano Celebration Week, Texas A&M Performing Arts Center, Corpus Christi, TX 2024
  • Benicia Chamber Players Chamber Music Series, piano trio, Benicia, CA 2024
  • Spectrum Chamber Music Series, piano trio, All Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist, Fort Worth, TX 2024
  • Barbro Osher Recital Hall, San Francisco, CA 2023
  • Salle Cortot, Paris, France 2023
  • Museé de la Vie romantique, Paris, France 2023
  • Noontime Concerts, violin duo, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2023
  • Music for Food, violin duo performance, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA 2023
  • The Drawing Room Annex, San Francisco, CA 2022
  • Freaney & Friends, Fallbrook Public Library, Fallbrook, CA 2022
  • Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA 2022
  • Embassy of the Slovak Republic, Washington, DC 2022
  • PepsiCo Recital Hall, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 2021
  • Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, WA 2019
  • Campbell Recital Hall, piano trio, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 2019
  • Neighborhood Performance Project, piano trio, Congregation Ner Tamid, San Francisco, CA 2018
  • Live at the Library Concert Series, piano trio, Alameda Main Library, Alameda, CA 2017
    • Joint performance with Adam Shulman Trio
  • Mr. Tipple’s Recording Studio, piano trio, San Francisco, CA 2017
  • Neighborhood Performance Project and Jazz in the Neighborhood, piano trio, Berkeley Hillside Club, Berkeley, CA 2016
    • Joint performance with Adam Shulman Trio
  • Neighborhood Performance Project, piano trio, Forest Hill Clubhouse, San Francisco, CA 2015
  • Trinity Lutheran Church, piano trio, Pleasanton, CA 2014
  • Berkeley Arts Festival Hall, piano trio, Berkeley, CA 2014
  • Salle Pianos, piano trio, San Francisco, CA 2013
  • San Jose State University Concert Hall, piano trio, San Jose, CA 2012
    • Premiered new trio works written by composition students for collaborative piano
  • Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport Music Festival, Rockport, MA 2010

Concerto Performances

  • Roses from Vienna: Mozart and Strauss, Nova Vista Symphony, Tony Quartuccio, De Anza Visual & Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA 2024
    • Mozart Piano Concerto no. 20 in d minor, K. 466
  • Mediterranean Shores, Calgary Civic Symphony, Rolf Bertsch, Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta 2023
    • Ravel Piano Concerto in G major
  • Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX 2022
    • Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26, Allegro, ma non troppo
  • Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 2021
    • Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58, Andante con moto, Rondo: Vivace

Orchestra Performances

  • New Music Ensemble, Nicole Paiement, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA 2023
  • Principal Piano, San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, Edwin Outwater, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA 2023
  • Club Foot Orchestra, Deirdre McClure, SF Silent Film Festival, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA 2023

Scholarships and Awards

  • Emerson Scholarship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1999–2003
  • Sterling Scholar in Music, Deseret News 1998

Special Skills and Projects