About this Artist
Winner of the 2022 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, Earl Lee is a renowned Korean-Canadian conductor who has captivated audiences worldwide. Music Director of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra since 2022, he recently finished a successful three-year tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to a full season of concerts with the Ann Arbor Symphony, Earl’s 24/25 season includes debuts with the Atlanta, New World, Colorado, Sarasota, and Victoria Symphonies and the Juilliard Orchestra, and returns to the San Francisco Symphony and Royal Conservatory Orchestra Toronto.
Earl’s 24/25 programs with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra include contemporary works by William Bolcom, Gyorgy Kurtag, Jessie Montgomery, Andrea Cassarubios, and Katherine Balch as well as standard repertoire from Mozart to Shostakovich. He leads the orchestra in its return to Detroit Orchestra Hall in January 2025 in a concert during the Sphinx Organizations’s annual SphinxConnect convention.
Earl’s 23/24 season included subscription concerts with the Boston Symphony in Boston and at Tanglewood and guest conducting engagements with the Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, The Florida Orchestra, the Royal Conservatory Orchestra Toronto, and Sejong Soloists at Carnegie Hall. Previous seasons have seen engagements with the Boston Symphony, new York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Hawaii Symphony, and Edmonton Symphony; leading the Lunar New Year galas of both the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony; and concerts with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and with Sejong Soloists in both New York and Seoul.
Earl previously held positions as Associate Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony and as the Resident Conductor of the Toronto Symphony. In 2022, he appeared with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam as a participant in the Ammodo masterclasses led by Fabio Luisi.
He studied cello at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School and conducting at Manhattan School of Music and the New England Conservatory. He lives in New York City with his wife and their daughter.