South Korean-born Sinae Lee leads a busy life as a soloist, chamber musician and lecturer based in Glasgow, UK. Since her UK début with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), playing Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, she has also played with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, St. James Orchestra, Glasgow Orchestral Society, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) Wind Emsemble and RCS Orchestra.
She has frequently appeared in concerts in New York, St. Petersburg, Riga, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as in her native cities in Korea such as Seoul, Suwon and Busan.
In Korea, she studied piano at Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School. After obtaining a Bachelor of Music with Distinction at Seoul National University, Sinae was offered a place to study at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) with a full scholarship awarded by the Inches Carr Trust. A year later she obtained MMus with Distinction at RCS. While studying in Seoul, she won many prestigious prizes, such as the Chung-Ang Daily Newspaper competition, and the Korean Music Association for Overseas competitors.
Sinae studied piano with Hwa-Young Yi, Hyoung-Joon Chang in Korea and Philip Jenkins in UK. Since 2001, Sinae has been teaching piano as a Lecturer in the department of Keyboard and Collaborative Piano at RCS.
Between June and July 2011, she performed the entire series of the Années de Pèlerinage by Liszt in UK and in Korea, celebrating the 200 anniversary of his birth. This recording was made in the recording studio at RCS, straight after giving recitals at RCS in June 2011.
