Concert Pianist and Professor Michelle Lee is the teacher of over 300 Award- winning pianists and recording artists.
She is a renowned piano teacher known for her exceptional skill in nurturing young talents. With over 35 years of experience as an educator, she is celebrated for her patient and loving teaching approach toward each student. She dedicates herself to helping each student become the best pianist they can be and achieve their full musical potential by empowering them with skills and confidence and instilling a lifelong love for the art of piano playing.
Her students have won over 1,000 awards in international and national piano competitions and received four-year scholarships to prestigious universities and conservatories.
Some of the Grand prize and 1st place awards won by her students include the Chopin Piano Competition, Oberlin International Piano Competition, Seattle International Piano Competition, Los Angeles International Competition, Concert Artist International, California Youth Symphony Young Artist Competition, MTAC Solo Competition, MTAC Concerto Competition, CAPMT Honors Piano Competition, CAPMT Concerto Competition, CAPMT Contemporary Competition, El Camino Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, Golden State Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, Young Musicians Foundation Award, Salzburg International Competition, SYMF Piano Competition, Showcase Concerto and Showcase Solo at the US Open Music Competition, Korea Times Music Competition, KAMSA Concerto Solo Competition, Silicon Valley Young Musicians Competition, Cypress Piano Competition, World Piano Competition, US International Music Competition, USIMC Solo and Concerto Young Artist Award, London International Piano Competition, Vienna International Piano Competition, Paris International Piano Competition, and Beethoven International Piano Competition.
Her students are invited to perform in concert halls all over the world. Recent performances were at New York Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Weill Recital Hall, and Lincoln Center, San Francisco Davies Symphony Hall and Herbst Theatre, Vienna Musikvereign Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, Salzburg Mozarteum, Philharmonie de Paris, and Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Michelle Lee is a musical great-granddaughter of Franz Liszt, the greatest pianist in history.
From Franz Liszt to Alexander Siloti to Edith Knox to Michelle Lee, the legendary piano heritage lives on through the students of the Gifted Young Pianist Academy.