The Parker String Quartet accompied by Soyeon Lee , will have two performances in the Opelika-Auburn Area week after next. Tuesday Night (24th) at 7PM, the group will be at Eighth and Rail on South Railroad Avenue in Opelika. Time of the performance is 7PM. Then on Wednesday (25th) at the Goodwin Recital Hall at 7:30PM. The Tuesday performance is sponsored by the Arts Association of East Alabama (aka Opelika Arts Association)
The New York Times calls the Parker Quartet “something extraordinary.” The Boston Globe hails their “fiercely committed performances.” The Washington Post declares them “a quartet that deserves close attention.” Just three months after winning the 2005 Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Quartet captured First Prize and the Mozart Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, sparking international acclaim.
The Parker Quartet’s 2007-2008 season included debut performances at the Mostly Mozart and Caramoor Festivals and at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC (on a program with the Borromeo String Quartet). Other highlights included engagements with the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock, the Rockport Chamber Music Society, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Music in the Park in St. Paul, and Shriver Hall in Baltimore. The group also toured Europe in connection with their victory at the Bordeaux Competition, with concerts in South Korea at the Tongyeong Festival in spring 2008. Read More at their website.
Lauded by the Washington Post for her “stunning command of the keyboard,” Korean pianist Soyeon Lee’s deeply communicative and passionate performances garner acclaim from audiences and critics alike around the world. Her many distinctions include awards at the Concert Artists Guild, Cleveland and Paloma O’Shea Santander International Competitions and profiles in both Musical America and Symphony Magazine.
As a recipient of The Juilliard School’s prestigious William Petschek Piano Debut Award, Ms. Lee gave her recital debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Also in 2004, as part of her prize in the CAG Competition, she was presented in her Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall debut for which The New York Times described her as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style.” Additional honors include Second Prize and the Mozart Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition, a Bronze Medal at the Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, two consecutive prizes at Juilliard’s Gina Bachauer Competition, a Susan Rose Career Grant, and the Arthur Rubinstein Award, also from Juilliard. Read More at Soyeon’s Website!
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on March 8, 2009. View the original page.
