"...pianist Soyeon Lee displayed a stunning command of the
keyboard, from the beautifully gauged weighting of her finger
strokes to the scrupulous calibration of inner voices and
dynamics "
-The Washington Post

"...huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a
firm sense of style. "
-New York Times

"...the piece (Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414) did
feel more than ever like a conversation between the pianist
and the grouped musicians. This allowed Lee to bloom, which
she did with a widely varied palette of color and touch but,
most of all, an unerring and lively sense of the signing line.
"
-Orange County Register

" She brings the strength to burst, the passion to inspire
and the delicacy to enchant."
-SanDiego.com

" Fleet-fingered and determined... brought fiery virtuosity..."
-San Diego Tribune

" A passionate, communicative musician, she got a perfect
mix of sensuous, fantastic and thrilling in La valse..."
-Dallas Morning News

" Soyeon Lee scored on all and each of the pages with fascinating
authenticity and, at the same time, with strong communicative
dazzle. Perfect evening. Great master."
-El Pais, Madrid

"...she made phrases dance and exulted in the kind of rapture
that only Rachmaninoff could create."
(performance with the Cleveland Orchestra; Jahja Ling, conductor)
"Irresistible is the only word to describe the performance
of Schumann's "Carnaval" by South Korea's Soyeon Lee. Affectionate
and lilting, here was Schumann in which technique always served
the music."
"...draws the listener into her playing through the involvement,
intelligence and utter sincerity she brings to everything
she touches."
-The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Determined and musical pianist..."
-El Diario Montanes, Spain

"A very powerful pianist..."
-Mundoclasico, Spain

"The young person touched with musical essence, grace, wonderful
sense of rate...creating sense of expectancy in slow time
and constructing a speech with tensions in the final movement."
(Performance with the London Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Fruhbeck
de Burgos, conductor)
-La Vanguardia Digital, Spain

"Work[ed] the audience into a veritable frenzy following
a hold-your-breath reading of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini."
-News Press Correspondent, CA
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