Okkyung Lee ^(KR)

Okkyung Lee is a cellist, composer, and improviser who moves freely between artistic disciplines and contingencies. She has worked in disparate contexts as a solo artist and collaborator with creators in a wide range of disciplines. A native of South Korea, Lee has taken a broad array of inspirations—including noise, improvisation, jazz, western classical, and the traditional and popular music of her homeland—and used them to forge a highly distinctive approach.