Yulee Seo, Violin

Yulee Seo is a violinist and violin educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently Seo serves as an associate concertmaster in Symphony San Jose and plays with the San Francisco Symphony as a regular substitute. She also has held positions in Marin Symphony, California Symphony and Sacramento Philharmonic. As an educator she has served as a faculty member at the Fresno Opera and Orchestra Summer Academy (FOOSAmusic.org) as well as regional youth orchestras throughout the Bay Area and she maintains a private studio.

Born in South Korea, Yulee Seo has appeared as a soloist and an active chamber/orchestra player in Korea, Japan, China, Austria, Germany, Poland, Sweden and the USA. She has performed in major venues including Musikverein Vienna, Carnegie Hall, Salzburg Festspielhaus, Davies Symphony Hall, Disney Hall, Liederhalle, Muza Kawasaki, and Seoul Arts Center.

A winner of numerous competitions, among them the Padova International Music Competition and the Dichler Competition, she has played as a soloist with Seoul Symphony, Hungarian Kammer, SNU Modern Ensemble, SK Networks Chamber and Tri-Valley Youth Symphony. She also had a recital at the St. Thomas Church where J.S.Bach worked as Kapellmeister, as the part of the Bach Festival in Leipzig.

She is the recipient of numerous scholarships, including those awarded by the <Live Music Now> Foundation by Yehudi Menuhin, Rotary Club Wiener Neustadt, and Angelika-Prokopp Akademie of the Vienna Philharmonic. In recognition of the last award, she was invited to perform at the Salzburg Festival.

As an orchestra player, Seo has played with the Stuttgart Philharmonic (Praktikum), International Attergau Institute Orchestra (Principal), Festival Ensemble Stuttgart (Bach Academy), Seoul Philharmonic, KBS Symphony, Bucheon Philharmonic, TIMF Ensemble, SNU-Mannheim Tour, amongst many others.

Seo holds degrees from Seoul National University (BA with Honor) and the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (Magister mit Auszeichnung; Konzertfach-Violine, Schwerpunkt in Altemusik). She graduated Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School in South Korea.

She is interested in classical music from various eras. She studied baroque violin with Ingomar Rainer, Jocelyne Rainer and Hiro Kurosaki. She has also worked with various contemporary composers including Dieter Schnebel, Jean-Bernard Matter, Jinho Kim, Jean Ahn and others.

Full CV available upon request