Shinuh Lee

Shinuh Lee (born February 15, 1969) is a South Korean composer of contemporary classical music. Royal Academy of Music recently announced Shinuh Lee as Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM).

Biography
Shinuh Lee started her career as a composer when she took her first composition lessons with Unsuk Chin. Lee studied composition with Kang Sukhi at Seoul National University, and later with Michael Finnissy at the Royal Academy of Music, the University of London, and the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. While she studied in the UK, Lee won a number of prizes from various competitions and music festivals, which include the Musical Times Composers' Competition, Cornelius Cardew Composers' Competition, and was a finalist at ISCM World Music Days, Gaudeamus International Composers Award, and Leonard Bernstein International Jerusalem Composing Competition. After returning to Korea, she also received Korean Composition Award, AhnEakTae Composition Award, Grand Prize for the Korean Race Composition Award, Nanpa Music Award, and the Young Artist Today Award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Korea. She is now Professor of composition at Seoul National University.

Education

 * Seoul National University (B.Mus) (1991)
 * Royal Academy of Music, U.K (Dip.RAM) (1993)
 * University of London, U.K (M.Mus) (1994)
 * University of Sussex, U.K (D.Phil) (1998)

Awards

 * The 21st Seoul Music Festival 1989, Korea
 * Royal Philharmonic Society Prize for Composer 1991, UK
 * Gaudeamus International Composers’ Competition 1992, Amsterdam – finalist composer
 * Cornelius Cardew Composition Prize 1993, UK
 * Musical Times Composers’ Competition 1993, UK
 * Leonard Bernstein International Jerusalem Composing Competition 1997, Israel – finalist composer
 * AhnIckTae Composition Prize 1997, Korea
 * Nampa Music Award 2001, Korea
 * Korean Race Composition Award 2000, Korea
 * Young Artist Today Award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism 2001, Korea
 * Korea composition award 1998, Korea
 * Associate of the Royal Academy of Music 2019, RAM, U.K.

Compositions

 * 1989 String Quartet No. 1  – 15'
 * 1990  for flute, clarinet in Bb and piano – 8'
 * 1991  for solo oboe and ensemble – 7’
 * 1993  for cello – 11’
 * 1993 Microseries II  for viola – 5’
 * 1994 Wind Quintet No. 1  – 12’
 * 1996 Microseries IV.  for two bassoons and piano – 8’
 * 1997  for bassoon and ensemble – 12’
 * 1994/96  for orchestra – 20’
 * 2007/09 Chorale Fantasy No. 1  – 45’
 * 2009/10 Concerto for clarinet and orchestra – 20’
 * 2010 Chorale Fantasy No. 3  for piano – 7’
 * 2011  for clarinet and strings – 23’
 * 2013  for violin and piano – 25’
 * 2013 Chorale Fantasy No. 2  – 15’
 * 2014  for flute and piano – 17’
 * 2016  for solo violoncello – 10’