Hanbyeol Lee

The first-prize winner of The Wanda Landowska International Harpsichord Competition, Hanbyeol Lee has appeared as a historical keyboard soloist and collaborative artist in many festivals and concerts in South Korea, North America and Europe. She has performed the harpsichord, organ, and fortepiano in concerts at Lincoln Center, Amare Den Haag, the Sablé Baroque Music Festival, Lanvellec Baroque Academy, La Petite Bande Academy, Boston Early Music Festival, and Tafelmusik Summer Institute. She made her debut in Italy in 2018 as a soloist performing Mozart's Concerto K.595 on the fortepiano under the direction of Sigiswald Kuijken. Furthermore, she licensed a solo recording of “12 Variations On La Folia d’Espagne” for permanent use in the film, “Notre Dame,” directed by Valérie Donzelli in 2019 France. 

As a continuo player, Lee has collaborated under the baton of distinguished conductors like Masaaki Suzuki, Sigiswald Kuijken, and William Christie. She is also a founder and an artistic director of In Nomine Ensemble.

Lee earned her Graduate Diploma in Historical Performance at The Juilliard School. She previously studied privately with Enrico Baiano in Naples, Italy, as well as at the Conservatorio di Cimarosa. Currently, she is pursuing her DMA program in historical keyboard at Temple University where she completed two Master's Degrees, double majoring in piano and harpsichord performance with a minor in fortepiano.

In addition to her keyboard studying, Lee is interested in seventeenth century lute music, and has been researching renaissance lute music and making transcriptions for harpsichord and lautenwerk. She studied renaissance lute as her secondary instrument at The Juilliard School.