Yurie Lee is a freelance cellist, cello teacher and chamber music coach based in London.
Yurie began playing the cello at the age of five and was accepted to The Royal Academy of Music’s Primary and Junior Departments with a Scholarship.
At the Academy she studied with Lara Moore, Bozidar Vukotic and Heather Harrison. In 2019, Yurie completed her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours at the Academy, studying with Jo Cole. She continued her studies under the guidance of Nadege Rochat and graduated with a Distinction for her Master of Arts Degree and was also awarded a Diploma (DipRAM) for an outstanding final recital. Alongside her Masters, Yurie was also made Chamber Music Fellow Academy.
An experienced orchestral player, Yurie has worked with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, the Knussen Chamber Orchestra and Fantasia Orchestra.
As a chamber musician, she has toured internationally and given recitals at The Concertgebouw, the Wigmore Hall, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Konzerthaus Berlin, Salzburg Mozarteum, Casa da Música Porto, Snape Maltings, the Barbican and recorded for CBC Radio in Toronto.
As well as performing, Yurie is passionate about bringing music to as many children as possible through teaching. She is currently a cello teacher and chamber music coach in the Primary and Junior Departments at the Academy.
Yurie is also the Cello teacher at the Wetherby Senior School where she co-founded and runs the Year 7 and 8 Strings Programme, having directed five Cello ensembles. She is also the Assistant Artistic Director and Co-Director of the Chopin Society UK.