Soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, educator, composer and conductor, Dong-Oo Lee is recognized as one of Korea's most versatile musicians. Born and raised in America of Korean heritage he is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music (B.M.) and the Kharkov National Conservatory of Music (M.M.). Over the years Mr. Lee has studied and performed throughout North America, Europe and Asia, collaborating with such renowned artists such as de Keyser, Rejto, Lesser, Parnas, Rose and Krugliakov. From 1981 to 1983, he was a member of the Laurentian String Quartet and a Artist-in-Resident at Sarah Lawrence College of New York City. Winner of the 1981 Artist International Ninth Annual Young Musicians Chamber Award and the 1982 N.Y.C. East-West International Competition. He also received several of America's most prestigious fellowships and awards, including the 1977 Tanglewood Fellowship from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the 1979 Piatigorsky Fellowship Prize from the Volpe Foundation, and in 1981 the Pablo Casals Memorial Award from the Harry S. Truman U.S. Presidential Library. In Korea, as a member of the Seoul Baroque Ensemble, he garnered the 1989 Musicians of the Year Award given by the Dong-Ah News Press; and in 1996, he was honored by the Music Association of Korea as Musician of the Year. In 1997 he was granted an Honorary Doctorate from the Kharkov Philharmonic Institute of Music for his distinguished work as one of the world's leading concert anthologist of the cello repertory and his recordings with the famed Russian conductor, Vakhtang Jordania. Since 1988, Mr. Lee has been an active member of the American Cello Council under the sponsorship of Mstislav Rostropovich, participating in the First World Cello Congress, the Fourth & Seventh American Cello Congress in 1990 and 2002, and in Europe the 1992 Kronberg Cello Festival. It was in 1991 he received an appointment from Lord Yehudi Menuhin as cello instructor for the Asian Youth Orchestra teaching the finest talent throughout Asia. But his recognition as a teacher has given him the opportunity to present cello classes at major universities and music colleges in America and Asia. After serving over 17 years as the principal solo cellist of the K.B.S. Symphony Orchestra (Korea's National Orchestra) in the year 2000 be began his professorship at the University of Ulsan, College of Music. In 2004 he made a historic visit to North Korea becaming the first cello soloist and professor from South Korea to perform with the Choson Philharmonic (National Orchestra) of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. Then returning in 2005 as guest soloist and cello instructor with the Pyongyang National Conservatory of Music Orchestra. Through the Professor’s Research Grant from the University of Ulsan Mr. Lee made his first visit toChiang Mai, Thailand in 2006 as cultural and education exchange program.