YURHEE CHAE
Cello

The Hopkins School; Neighborhood Music School; DMA SUNY Stony Brook; MM Yale School of Music; Juilliard School; Seoul National University

Cellist Yurhee Chae, D.M.A., has concertized as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in the United States, Europe, and Asia. After winning first prizes at the Chosun Daily News and at the Segae Daily News Competitions in her native Seoul, Korea, she has been featured as soloist with orchestras such as the Seoul Philharmonic and the Asian Youth Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Schneider.

Ms. Chae was chosen as a member of the Asian Artists Concert Chamber Music Foundation and has played numerous performances at prestigious venues such as Alice Tully Hall and the United Nations.

In 2005, she was invited as principal cellist of the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra in Korea. She was also invited as a guest artist for the Sejong Soloists leading to performances at the Aspen Music Festival and several tours throughout the United States. She has performed at festivals such as the 3rd World Cello Congress in Baltimore, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Beauvais Festival in France.

She has received the Doctor of Musical Arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook under the tutelage of Colin Carr. Prior to that, Ms. Chae had studied with Aldo Parisot at the Juilliard School (Professional Studies) and the Yale School of Music Master of Music). She received the Bachelor of Music degree from the Seoul National University in Korea, where she studied with Young-Sook Youn.

Ms. Chae has served as teaching assistant to Colin Carr at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and she has given master classes at the String Institute of Korea. Ms. Chae has also taught at the Connecticut School of Music. Currently she is teaching at the Hopkins School and the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven.