Originally from South Korea and now living in Paris, Shin-Young Lee completed advanced studies with Tong-Soon Kwak, Jean-Paul Imbert, Michel Bouvard, Olivier Latry, and Jean Guillou. A regular of the world’s most prestigious concert halls and renowned places of worship such as Notre-Dame de Paris, Geneva Cathedral, the University of Pretoria and St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, she is the guest of major organ festivals including those of Chartres, Harlem and Toulouse les Orgues. She performs with orchestras, regularly sits on competition juries and gives masterclasses internationally. Her recordings include Transprovisations on the organ of Munich’s Michaelskirche, and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring for organ four hands with Olivier Latry.
Shin-Young Lee is the author of several commissioned and freelance organ transcriptions. Most recently, she transcribed Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals for the renowned publisher Schott.