Faculty Profile



Heasook Rhee

Education:
DMA, MM, University of Michigan; Diploma, Professional Studies, Juilliard School; BM with summa cum laude, Seoul National University

Studies:
Eugene Bossart, Samuel Sanders (Accompanying); Jacob Lateiner, Rosina Lhevinne, Howard Aibel (Solo Studies); Felix Galimir, Menaham Pressler (Chamber Music)

Performances:
Ms. Rhee has performed with Nicolai Gedda, Simon Estes, Youngok Shin; violinists Ivry Gitlis, Ilya Grubert, Peter Zazofsky; cellists Jiri Barta, Marcio Carneiro, Charles Curtis, Karine Georgian, Ralph Kirshbaum, Nathaniel Rosen, Jeffrey Solow, Jian Wang, Tilmann Wick; and flutist Julius Baker

Career Highlights:
Appearances in Stern Auditorium and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, New York; Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.; Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor; Schauspielhaus, Berlin; Alte Oper, Frankfurt; Beethovenhaus, Bonn; Residenz, Munich; Regensburg; Dortmund; Hannover; Baden-Baden; St. John Smith Square, London; Dublin Salle Gaveau, Paris; Tonhalle, Zurich; Brussels; Italy; Norway; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; New Zealand; Melbourne, Brisbane, Australia; Hong Kong; Korea; Central America; Canada

Festivals:
The Berlin International Festival, Weilburg Festival, Germany; Quincena Musical Festival, San Sebastián, Spain; Festival Musical, Cuernavaca, Mexico; 2011 Great Mountain Festival; 1984 and 1990 American Cello Congress in Tempe, Arizona; Piatigorsky Seminars (1984–1993) in Los Angeles

Radio Production and Broadcasts:
NDR, SDR, BR, SR, SWF (Germany); DRS (Zurich); WGBH (Boston); WNYC (New York); WGTS (Washington, D.C.)

Recordings and Publications:
MD+G; The Art of Instrumental Accompanying to be published in 2011 by Carl Fischer

Master Classes: Indiana University; Boston University; Toho School; Shenyang Conservatory; SNU, KNUA and numerous universities in Korea

Summer Courses:
Marktoberdorf, Germany; Courchevel, France; Burg Feistritz, Austria; The Quartet Program, Icicle Creek Summer Academy

Formerly on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin and Detmold Musikhochschule, Ms. Rhee has been a Manhattan School of Music faculty member since 1998. Her students have been top prize winners at the 2010 Vittorio Gui Chamber Music Competition in Florence, Italy; the 2006-08 and 2010-11 Artur Balsam Duo Competition; and the 1996 Yellow Spring Chamber Music Competition and have gone on to teach at Shanghai Conservatory, IU, Montclair State, Oberlin, and Korean National University.

rheeprice@gmail.com
www.heasookrhee.com