BIOGRAPHY
The dynamic violin/piano duo of Kyung Sun Lee
and Brian Suits has been praised for its superb performances on disc and
stage. Their recitals are characterized not only by compelling renditions
of the masterworks, but also by a surprisingly innovative blend of lighter
and lesser-known repertoire. "Lost" masterpieces from the last
century, as well as Gershwin, Porter, American traditionals and Suits'
own harmonically opulent, rhythmically charged works comprise their repertoire.
Additionally, Suits and Lee vary their concerts by including solo offerings
along with their duo presentations. The artists also spice up their performances
with lively and informative background on the works presented.
Kyung Sun Lee
has been a laureate in the Tchaikowsky, Queen Elizabeth, Washington, D'Angelo
and Montreal International Competitions. Lee's career has included concerto
performances with orchestras throughout North America, as well as the Munich
Radio Orchestra under Yehudi Menuhin, Moscow National Orchestra, and Belgian
National Orchestra in Europe, the Seoul Philharmonic, KBS Orchestra, Pu-Chun
Philharmonic and Taipei City Symphony in Asia, and the New Zealand Symphony.
She has been heard in Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie
Hall, and Bargemusic in New York, and at both the Kennedy Center and Phillips
Collection in Washington, D.C. As a chamber musician she has participated
in the Marlboro, Ravinia, and Cape & Islands Festivals in the US, and
the Prussia Cove Festival in England.
Pianist Brian
Suits is a soloist, collaborative artist
and chamber musician, but he is also an accomplished improvisational artist,
as well as a composer whose output runs the gamut from serious modern works
to jazz pieces and popular songs. His compositions have been heard in Merkin
Hall and on WQXR and WNYC Radio in New York City. Additionally, Mr. Suits
was a finalist in the 1995 Schirmer Music Young Composer's Competition,
and in the 1997 Renée Fisher Foundation Composer Awards. In the
fall of 1997, he performed as soloist with the Jupiter Symphony under the
direction of Jens Nygaard. Suits has recorded a set of 22 CDs released
in Korea in 1995; included are Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven piano sonatas
and Czerny etudes. He has been a member of the faculty of the Yale University
School of Music since 1990.
Lee and Suits have collaborated as recitalists
for seven years, performing across the United States, in Asia and in Europe.
They have recorded two CDs together, the first of Prokofiev, Debussy, and
Bartók, which received outstanding reviews from both The Strad and
Fanfare magazines and the second, released in December of 1997, of Saint-Saëns,
Godard, Chausson, Gershwin, Achron, and Suits himself.
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