Sydney Lee: A Gurrena Fellowship Concert

Sydney Lee, cellist,
with Noreen Cassidy-Polera, pianist

Presented by Meadowmount School of Music

Sunday, April 30 at 3:00. Reception at Whitcomb’s Arts will follow the performance

$10 donation requested.

Soloist, collaborative artist, and passionate arts educator, cellist Sydney Lee is quickly gaining recognition as an emerging young artist captivating audiences on the international stage. Sydney captured 1st prize at the 2022 Washington International Competition and 2nd prize at the Classic Strings International Competition. Most recently, Sydney was awarded the inaugural $50,000 Gurrena Fellowship from the Meadowmount School of Music. Additional accolades include 1st prize at the International Antonio Janigro Cello Competition in Croatia which included a performance as soloist with the Zagreb Soloists

Since her solo debut at age 13 with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Sydney has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in many of the world’s leading venues, including the Kennedy Center, Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, and Konzerthaus Berlin.

Renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber praised her performance with the Armenian Symphony State Orchestra, “Sydney Lee’s playing of Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante was mesmerizing. She surmounted all of its technical challenges with ease and gave us a joyous musical experience. It was a performance to treasure.”