About Piano Cleveland

Jueon Lee

January 28th 2026

JUEON LEE started to play the piano at age seven. He studied at Yewon School, a prestigious arts middle school in South Korea, which he entered as an excellent scholarship student. His solo debut recital was in the Kumho Prodigy concerts at age 12.  

Jueon has earned awards in many competitions. In 2025, he won First Prize at the Steinway Youth Piano Competition Southeast Asia-Pacific Regional Finals in Bangkok. He was invited to the Steinway Festival in Hamburg, Germany and performed in Laeiszhalle Grand Hall. In 2024, he won prizes at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition in Germany and the Ishikawa International Piano Competition in Japan. He won the Grand Prize at the Henle Piano Competition and First Prize at the Ewha-Kyunghyang Competition. Demonstrating his talent in chamber music, he won Grand Prize at the  2025 Music Journal Competition in Seoul, South Korea.  

Jueon Lee has given many recitals and concerts in Korea including at the Seoul Arts Center and Lotte Concert Hall. In 2025, he had a solo recital at Shanghai Conservatory in China, at the invitation of the Shanghai International Piano Conference.  

 He has participated in master classes with Sir András Schiff, Nelson Goerner, Peter Jablonski and others. He has performed with both the Prime Philharmonic and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestras.  


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