Winner of the prestigious 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Korean American violinist Julian Rhee came to international prominence following his prize winning performances at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition and the Silver Medal at the 11th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Rhee has appeared with the Milwaukee Symphony, Belgian National Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and San Diego Symphony alongside Francesco Lecce-Chong, Antony Hermus and Leonard Slatkin, among others. Equally passionate about chamber music, Rhee is the newest member of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center CMS’s prestigious Bowers Program. He has performed at and attended festivals including the Ravinia Steans Institute, Marlboro Music, and NorthShore Chamber Music Festival, performing alongside esteemed musicians such as Vadim Gluzman, Jonathan Biss, and Mitsuko Uchida. Rhee studied with Hye-Sun Lee and Almita Vamos, and received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees as teaching assistant of Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory. He will begin his studies with Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy. Rhee is the recipient of the outstanding 1699 “Lady Tennant” Antonio Stradivari violin and Jean Pierre Marie Persoit bow on extended loan through the generosity of the Mary B. Galvin Foundation and the Stradivari Society.