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Performance in the Exploratorium's Kanbar Theater; February 9, 2017.

Since moving to New York in 2000, Okkyung Lee has released more than 20 albums including her latest solo record, Ghil, produced by Lasse Marhaug on Editions MEGO/Ideologic Organ, and Noisy Love Songs (for George Dyer) on Tzadik. She has performed and recorded with a diverse range of artists such as Laurie Anderson, David Behrman, Mark Fell, Douglas Gordon, Jenny Hval, Vijay Iyer, Christian Marclay, Ikue Mori, Lawrence D “Butch” Morris, Marina Rosenfeld, Jim O’Rourke, Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, C Spencer Yeh, and John Zorn.

Since 2010, Lee has developed a site-specific duo project with New York-based dancer/choreographer Michelle Boulé. They have performed at Issue Project Room, Mount Tremper Arts, the send+receive festival in Winnipeg, Canada, and at The Met Breuer’s inaugural program curated by pianist/composer Vijay Iyer. In 2015, she opened for the legendary experimental rock group Swans and presented new compositions commissioned by London Sinfonietta as a part of Christian Marclay’s exhibit at White Cube Gallery in London.

Lee received the prestigious Doris Duke Performing Artist Award in 2015 and was awarded a Foundation For Contemporary Arts Grant in 2010. She received a dual bachelor’s degree in Contemporary Writing and Production and Film Scoring from Berklee College of Music in 1998 and a master’s degree in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory of Music in 2000.

Artist's website: okkyunglee.info

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