Born in Osaka (Japan), Sae LEE began her musical studies at the age of
four. After studying at the University of Music Toho-Gakuen with Professors
Etsko TAZAKI and Julia & Konstantin GANEV, she continued her studies
at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris with Professors
Michel BEROFF and Eric LE SAGE.
In June 2007 and June 2008 she graduated with the highest marks of Piano
and Chamber Music from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique
de Paris.
She was the first prize winner at the Kyoto Piano Competition, the Piano
Competition “Kobe” (together with Special Prize granted by the Mayor of
Kobe City), the All Japan Music Competition, the International Competition
of “Citta di Padova” (Italy, 2006) and the 1st prize winner at the
International Piano Competition of ″Albert Roussel″ (Bulgaria, 2008)
In 2004 she has formed the Duo Kalypso with a saxophone player Miha Rogina.
Duo Kalypso is a prizewinner of International competition for music of
ensembles "FNAPEC" (Paris, 2008). They have also won the 1st
prize at the International chamber music competition of “Carlo Soliva″
(Italy, 2008).
Sae Lee appeared on radio and TV programs in Japan as well as in Europe.
She is regularly invited to the music festivals and gives recitals and
chamber music concerts in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, Slovenia, Spain and Ukraine. As a soloist, she has played
with Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Pleven
Philharmonic Orchestra. Kazakhstan government & UNESCO have invited
her to perform a concert at the international conference against nuclear
weapon that was held in Kazakhstan in 2005.
