{{Short description|South Korean composer}} {{Use American English|date=November 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox academic | native_name = 이윤지 | native_name_lang = ko | alma_mater = {{ublist| * Ewha Womans University * New England Conservatory of Music * New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science }} | doctoral_advisor = Elizabeth Hoffman | occupation = Composer | employer = {{ublist| * New York University * Berklee College of Music }} | awards = Guggenheim Fellowship (2024) }} '''Yoon-Ji Lee''' ({{Korean|hangul=이윤지}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=home |url=https://www.yoonjilee.org/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Yoon-Ji Lee}}</ref>) is a South Korean composer based in the United States. A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, She currently works as an associate professor at the Berklee College of Music.<ref name="berklee">{{Cite web |title=Yoon-Ji Lee |url=https://college.berklee.edu/people/yoon-ji-lee |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Berklee College of Music |archive-date=December 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206150512/https://college.berklee.edu/people/yoon-ji-lee |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Biography== Yoon-Ji Lee studied organ, ''pansori'', piano, voice, and violin during her youth.<ref name="allaboutjazz">{{Cite web |title=Yoon-Ji Lee |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/yoon-ji-lee/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=All About Jazz}}</ref> She attended Ewha Womans University, where she obtained her bachelor's degree and New England Conservatory of Music, where she obtained her Master of Music degree in 2006 and her graduate diploma in 2007.<ref name="berklee" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richter |first=Olivia |date=2024-04-11 |title=Two NEC Alumni Win 2024 Music Composition Guggenheim Fellowships |url=https://necmusic.edu/two-nec-alumni-win-2024-music-composition-guggenheim-fellowships/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=NECMusic |archive-date=January 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250112201531/https://necmusic.edu/two-nec-alumni-win-2024-music-composition-guggenheim-fellowships/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She moved to New York University and became a teacher there in 2009, remaining there until 2017.<ref name="allaboutjazz" /> While at NYU, she obtained her PhD in composition and theory at the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science; her dissertation, centered on the Elliott Sharp composition ''Then Go'', was supervised by Elizabeth Hoffman.<ref name="allaboutjazz" /><ref name="berklee" /> She later moved to the Berklee College of Music, becoming associate professor there and teaching composition classes there.<ref name="berklee" />
Lee's compositions include non-linear forms of music.<ref name="allaboutjazz"/> Her music was performed at Bargemusic by William Lang in November 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-11-15 |title=Classical Music and Opera Listings for Nov. 16-22 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2215573474 |access-date=2024-11-15 |work=New York Times |id={{ProQuest|2215573474}} }}</ref> In 2018, she collaborated with artists Bang Geul Han and Steven Mygind Pedersen for ''Sunday Supper'', a chamber opera at National Sawdust inspired by the 2007 novel ''The Vegetarian''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summer Labs: Yoon-Ji Lee's "Sunday Supper" and Adrianna Aguilar's TREES |url=https://thoughtgallery.org/events/summer-labs-yoon-ji-lees-sunday-supper-adrianna-aguilars-trees/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=ThoughtGallery |archive-date=November 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108173612/https://thoughtgallery.org/events/summer-labs-yoon-ji-lees-sunday-supper-adrianna-aguilars-trees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, she performed ''Angels Broken'', a composition with three main sections performed on string and ''taepyeongso'' which she said "documents in musical form the history of comfort women", at the ''From East Asia – Unforgotten Song'' concert at Brandeis University.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eissenberg |first=Judith |date=2019-10-27 |title=Unforgotten Songs |url=https://www.classical-scene.com/2019/10/27/uncomfortable-songs/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |work=Classical Scene}}</ref> Her composition ''Shakonn'', the opening song in Pauline Kim Harris' 2021 album ''Wild At Heart'', was praised by ''TheWholeNote'' as "a volcano of sound and energy built over a held bass note, pulling Chaconne apart and transforming it",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Popovic |first=Ivana |date=2022-02-04 |title=Wild At Heart - Pauline Kim Harris |url=https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/moderncontempo/31594-wild-at-heart-pauline-kim-harris |access-date=2024-11-15 |work=TheWholeNote}}</ref> while ''Gramophone'' praised "the juxtaposition of haunting phrases and daunting acrobatics in [her piece] with fearless vibrancy" and ''Strings Magazine'' praised "the result [as] exhilarating".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Pauline Kim Harris: Wild at Heart |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/pauline-kim-harris-wild-at-heart |access-date=2024-11-15 |work=Gramophone}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cahill |first=Greg |date=2022-03-28 |title=Violinist, Composer Pauline Kim Harris' 'Wild at Heart' is a Collection of Bach-Inspired Chaconnes |url=https://stringsmagazine.com/violinist-composer-pauline-kim-harris-wild-at-heart-is-a-collection-of-bach-inspired-chaconnes/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |work=Strings Magazine |archive-date=July 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723145543/https://stringsmagazine.com/violinist-composer-pauline-kim-harris-wild-at-heart-is-a-collection-of-bach-inspired-chaconnes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition.<ref name="newspapers 1064159951">{{Cite news |last=Feeney |first=Mark |date=2024-04-12 |title=11 Greater Boston residents win Guggenheim Fellowships |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1064159951/ |work=The Boston Globe |pages=G10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
As of 2024, she was a resident of Boston.<ref name="newspapers 1064159951" />
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