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	Okkyung Lee | Korea | July 6 - August 2 cellist / composer

A native of Korea, Okkyung Lee has been developing her own voice in a contemporary cello performance, improvisation and composition for a decade. Using her solid classical training as a springboard, she incorporates jazz, sounds, Korean traditional and pop music, noise with extended techniques in order to create her unique blend of music.

Based in New York since 2000, she has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as Laurie Anderson, Derek Bailey, John Butcher, Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, John Edwards, Carlos Giffoni, Vijay Iyer, Paul Lytton, Christian Marclay, Thurston Moore, Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris, Liam Noble, Evan Parker, Keith Rowe, Mark Sanders, Wadada Leo Smith, C Spencer Yeh and John Zorn to name a few.

Okkyung has released the following albums: her debut album as a leader, Nihm on Tzadik; a duo recording with Christian Marclay, Rubbings on My Cat is an Alien (LP)/A Silnet place (CD); solo cello album I saw the Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said... on Ecstatic Peace!; Check for Monsters with Steve Beresford and Peter Evans on Emanem. for 2010, she is working on her follow up album on Tzadik, duo album Anicca with Phil Minton for Dancing Wayang and another duo with Adam Linson for psi.

She has received a composer commission from New York State Council on the Arts in 2007 and Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant in 2010.

Okkyung holds dual bachelor's degrees in Film Scoring/Contemporary Writing & Production from Berklee College of Music, and master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory of Music.

LIVE: Okkyung Lee will perform at festival Glatt&Verkehrt on July 31!
Sonagi Project feat. Okkyung Lee & Hahn Rowe