About

Dr. Yena Lee is a violinist and educator whose work spans classical, contemporary, and new music. She serves as Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Oklahoma. Her performances have taken her across North America, Europe, and Asia, appearing with orchestras such as the Boston Chamber Orchestra, Mainzer Virtuosi, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Neumeyer Consort, and in venues including David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, Museo del Violino, and the Orpheum Theatre. She records for Sheva Labels and will release an album of the complete Brahms violin sonatas with Duo Cor in 2025.

Yena’s students have gone on to leading conservatories—including Juilliard, Colburn, NEC, Indiana University, and the Glenn Gould School—and have earned recognition in competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth, Sibelius, and Enescu. She has taught at Yale University, Boston University, the Rice University Shepherd School of Music, and Hochschule für Musik Mainz, and her masterclasses have taken her to universities and festivals throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States.

She earned her Konzertexamen in Germany as the youngest candidate in the program’s history, followed by graduate studies at Yale and Rice University.