Byungchan Lee

violin

Byungchan Lee garnered recognition as prizewinner at the Yuri Yankelevitch International Violin Competition, and as one of CBC’s 30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30. He received his master’s degree from Juilliard, graduating with a Benzaquen Career Advancement Grant. He is also a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award and McGill University’s Golden Violin Award.

Lee plays on an 1869 J.B. Vuillaume violin and bow on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank. Currently based in Toronto, he is an alumnus of Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music.