A Korean conductor, Hae Lee was the 2ndprize winner of the Kussewitzky Conducting Competition in Italyand the Finalist of the Besançon ConductingCompetition in France. Hae was invited to the LEAD! Foundation’s masterclass in Finland and after it, he was selected as the young conductor for the final concert of the Fiskars Festival. In this concert, Hae shared thepodium with Esa-Pekka Salonen, James Gaffigan, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

In the States, Hae served as a cover conductor ofMarinAlsop for her concertsat Carnegie Hall. Hae also conducted at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall as an assistantfor David Hayes and Mannes Orchestra when they performed Ives’Symphony No. 4 whichrequires 3 conductors. Hae was a fellowof the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music andthe assistant conductor ofBaltimore Symphony Orchestra Academy.

In South Korea, Hae was invited to themasterclasseswith Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean National Symphony Orchestra,and Korea National Opera. He conducted operas such as Le nozze di Figaro, L'elisir d'amore,La Bohème, and Gianni Schicchi.

In Europe, Hae studied at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg as an exchange student,and hehas conducted Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne, Orchestre Victor Hugo, and Orchestra sinfonica città di Grosseto.

Hae received his Bachelor of Artsin Conducting from the Korea National University of Arts,and he holds his Master of Musicfrom the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.