Shannon Lee

Violinist Shannon Lee has been praised for her “remarkable fire, impeccable intonation, and big, vibrant tone” (Gramophone). Shannon has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony, Shanghai Symphony, Antwerp Symphony, Belgian National Orchestra, and New York String Orchestra in Carnegie Hall. She has won prizes in several international events including the Sendai, Queen Elisabeth, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions, and released solo and duo albums for Telarc, Fontec, and Azica Records. Born in Canada, Shannon began playing violin at age four in Plano, Texas. She made her solo debut at the age of twelve with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and two years later performed in Europe with the Nuremberg Philharmonic. As a chamber musician, Shannon has played at Creative Dialogue France, Krzyżowa-Music in Poland, Music@Menlo in California, Yale University’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and Heifetz International Music Institute, where she was Artist-in-Residence and teaching assistant to Jan Sloman. Shannon is the founder and director of Chamber Music Perspectives Workshop, a unique summer program which invites young string players in the Dallas-Fort-Worth area to engage in both chamber music and music composition.