Saebeom Lee, 27
Saebeom Lee is a twenty-seven-year-old pianist from Seoul, Korea. He has won various competitions, including the Grand Prize in The Korean Liszt Competition (2013), which earned him the opportunity to perform a recital in the Liszt Museum Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary, and first prize in the Seoul Arts High School Competition (2013). He also won the first prize in the Sungjung National Competition (2013), first prize in the CBS Competition (2012), and second prize in the Korean Chopin Competition (2010).
Mr Lee was also a semifinalist at the Sendai International Competition in Japan and the Tbilisi International Competition in Georgia in 2022. So far, he has participated in many competitions, such as ARD, Long Thibaud, Busoni, Seoul, and Sendai competitions, among others.
Mr Lee attended and graduated from Yewon Arts Middle School (2011), Seoul Arts High School (2014), and studied with Ian Yungwook Yoo at Yonsei University. He graduated with Bachelor's and Master's degrees under Professor Björn Lehmann at Universität der Künste Berlin (2020, 2023).
Currently, he is studying for a Konzertexamen degree at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock with Professor Matthias Kirschnereit.
Stage 1: Recital
All competitors will perform a solo recital with the maximum duration of 30 minutes
D Scarlatti: Sonata in E major K380
D Scarlatti: Sonata in C major K159
S Rachmaninoff: Étude-Tableau in D major Op. 39 No. 9
F Liszt: Après une lecture de Dante (Fantasia Quasi Sonata) S. 161
Stage 2: Recital
All competitors will perform a solo recital with the maximum duration of 30 minutes
F Chopin: Étude in C major Op. 10 No. 1
J Haydn: Sonata in E flat major Hob XVI:52
I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Presto
B Bartók: Sonata Sz. 80
I. Allegro moderato II. Sostenuto e pesante III. Allegro molto
Stage 3: Recital (semifinal)
Up to ten competitors will perform a solo recital with the maximum duration of 60 minutes
D Önaç: Five Études
II. Melancholia V. Pent Up
J S Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major (Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1)
W A Mozart: Sonata in B flat major K333
I. Allegro II. Andante cantabile III. Allegretto grazioso
M Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
I. Promenade II. Gnomus III. Promenade IV. Il Vecchio Castello V. Promenade VI. Les Tuileries VII. Bydlo VIII. Promenade IX. Dance of Chickens in their Shells X. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle XI. Promenade XII.The Market at Limoges XIII. Catacombe XIV. Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua XV. Baba-Yaga XVI. The Great Gate of Kiev
Stage 4: Concerto (final)
Three competitors will perform a concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
P Tchaikovsky:
Concerto No. 1 Op. 23