Internationally acclaimed soprano Yeree Suh is recognized for her exceptional artistry spanning both early and contemporary music. Renowned for her crystal-clear tone, impeccable diction, and deeply informed musical interpretations, she has established herself as one of the leading interpreters of repertoire from the earliest works of the Western canon to the music of today.

In the field of early music, Suh has collaborated with ensembles including the Berlin Staatskapelle, Bach Collegium Japan, and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, performing with distinguished conductors and musicians such as René Jacobs and Sigiswald Kuijken. As a champion of contemporary music, she has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, working closely with leading composers including Pierre Boulez, Unsuk Chin, Wolfgang Rihm, and Matthias Pintscher.

Suh studied piano at Yewon School before pursuing vocal studies at Seoul Arts High School and Seoul National University. She continued her education at the Berlin University of the Arts with Harald Stamm, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig with Regina Werner-Dietrich, and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Gerd Türk.

Since 2019, Suh has served on the voice faculty of the Akademie für Tonkunst–University of Cooperative Education in Darmstadt. In 2023, she was appointed Professor of Voice at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart.

Chinese-German violinist Leonard Fu has established an international career as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, educator, and composer. He has performed throughout Europe, North America, and Asia with orchestras including the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and Allentown Symphony, and has collaborated in chamber music with artists such as Mitsuko Uchida, Janine Jansen, Kim Kashkashian, and Jörg Widmann.

A laureate of numerous international competitions—including the Joseph Joachim, Andrea Postacchini, Rodolfo Lipizer, TONALi, Ton & Erklärung, and Schadt competitions (First Prize, 2022)—Fu is equally committed to historical performance and contemporary music. He has collaborated with leading historical-performance specialists including Guy Fishman and Bernhard Forck and has given premieres of new works, including Calligraphy (2020) by Lila Wildy Quillin. An accomplished composer, he also regularly performs his own music.

Fu studied with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory before completing his Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Donald Weilerstein and Catherine Cho. He has pursued further professional studies with Antje Weithaas at the Kronberg Academy as a Gingko Foundation scholar.

A recipient of scholarships from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, and the New England Conservatory, Fu performs on a 1781 Lorenzo Storioni violin generously loaned by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben. In 2025, he joined the Juilliard String Quartet as second violinist and was appointed to the violin faculty of The Juilliard School.

First prize winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, Korean-American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee has been lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with "a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style," and by The Washington Post for her "stunning command of the keyboard.”

A second prize and Mozart Prize winner of the 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition and a laureate of the Santander International Piano Competition in Spain, she is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she was awarded the William Petschek Piano Debut Award at Lincoln Center and the Arthur Rubinstein Award upon graduation, and received her Doctor of Musical Arts from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

She was a member of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society’s Bowers Program, and is a regular participant in numerous chamber music festivals including The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe and Music Mountain Chamber Music Festivals. Ms. Lee has collaborated with conductors Carlos Miguel Prieto, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jahja Ling, and Jorge Mester with the London, San Diego, Hawaii, Louisiana, Naples symphony orchestras among others.

In 2022, Soyeon Kate Lee joined the faculty at the Juilliard School, making her the first woman of Asian descent to join the illustrious piano faculty. She was an associate professor of music in piano at the Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music from 2014 to 2022, where she received the 2021 University of Cincinnati Mrs. A.B. “Dolly” Cohen Award for excellence in teaching.