SENIOR DIVISION FINALIST
VIOLIN, 16
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Mvt. 1
Andrew Lee is a 16-year-old sophomore at Sunset High School in Portland, Oregon. He has been playing the violin for ten years and currently studies with Carol Sindell. Andrew joined the Portland Youth Philharmonic in 2021 and is currently a member of the first violin section after previously serving as assistant principal second violin, and before that, as the concertmaster of PYCO. As a soloist, he was the third place winner of the 2023 Oregon State Solo Contest and the 2023 ASTA Competition, and was an alternate winner of the MTNA Junior String Competition. He is a recipient of the OMTA Instrumental and Collaborative Scholarship Awards. Andrew also is the co-founder of Euphonos Ensemble, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering the community through music.
Andrew is a 2023 graduate of the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute at the Kennedy Center, where he studied with Jennifer Kim. He served as associate concertmaster of the 2023 Oregon All-State Orchestra and was a member of the 2023 All-Northwest Orchestra.
If I had an extra hour of free time every day, I would use it to play with my dog.
If I had a superpower, it would be teleportation
One of my favorite musical memories is when I attended the NSOSMI, or National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute
My most used emoji is the thumbs up emoji
My favorite musician is Itzhak Perlman