Patrick Jee, Cello

Biography

Korean-American cellist, Patrick
Jee has been known for his charismatic performances for audiences in North
America, Asia, and Europe. In 2007, Mr. Jee won the Grand Prize at the Carlos
Prieto International Cello Competition in Mexico in addition to winning top
prizes at the Andre Navarra Cello Competition, the Irving Klein International
String Competition, and the HAMS Cello Competition in Chicago.

Mr. Jee's solo career has led to
engagements with many orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Moscow
Chamber Orchestra, and the National Orchestra of Toulouse.  As a recitalist and chamber musician, Mr. Jee
has performed at prestigious venues such as New York's Carnegie Hall, Alice
Tully Hall, Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center, and London's Wigmore Hall. In
2003, he gave a special performance at the United Nations commemorating the
Korean War armistice and has also appeared on CNN, Good Morning America.

Mr. Jee holds a B.M. from the Juilliard
School and a M.M. from Yale University School of Music where he studied with
Aldo Parisot. He was appointed Assistant Principal Cello of the Lyric Opera of
Chicago by Sir Andrew Davis and held the position of Principal Cello of the
Grant Park Orchestra. In addition to being Professor of Cello at Roosevelt University
Chicago College of Performing Arts, his edition of the Glazunov Meditation for cello
was recently published by the International Music Company.  Mr. Jee can be heard on Albany Records, and
his duo recording with pianist, Hye-Yeon Park on the Mexican Urtext label is
due to be released this Fall.

Mr. Jee plays on a
cello by Bartolomeo Bimbi from Florence made in 1769.