The Richmond Symphony
Classical Orchestra Concert
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 7:30 pm
Eastern View High School Auditorium
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Conductor Hae Lee |
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Founded in 1957, the Richmond Symphony is the largest performing arts
organization in Central Virginia. The organization includes an
orchestra of more than 70 professional musicians, the 150-voice
Richmond Symphony Chorus and more than 260 students in the Richmond
Symphony Youth Orchestra programs.
Conductor Hae Lee was the 2nd prize winner of the Kussewitzky
Conducting Competition in Italy and the Finalist of the Besançon
Conducting Competition in France. Hae was invited to the LEAD!
Foundation’s masterclass in Finland and after it, he was selected as
the young conductor for the final concert of the Fiskars Festival.
In this concert, Hae shared the podium with Esa-Pekka Salonen, James
Gaffigan, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
In the United States, Hae served as a cover conductor of Marin Alsop
for her concerts at Carnegie Hall. Hae also conducted at Lincoln
Center’s Alice Tully Hall as an assistant for David Hayes and Mannes
Orchestra when they performed Ives’ Symphony No. 4 which requires
three conductors. Hae was a fellow of the Cabrillo Festival of
Contemporary Music and the assistant conductor of Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra Academy.
In South Korea, Hae was invited to the master classes with Seoul
Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean National Symphony Orchestra, and
Korea National Opera. He conducted operas such as Le nozze di
Figaro, L’elisir d’amore, La Bohème, and Gianni Schicchi.
In Europe, Hae studied at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
as an exchange student, and he has conducted Orchestre national
d’Île-de-France, Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne, Orchestre Victor Hugo,
and Orchestra sinfonica città di Grosseto.
Hae received his Bachelor of Artsin Conducting from the Korea
National University of Arts, and he holds his Master of Music from
the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.
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