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Yuri Lee (age 20) is a Korean-Japanese composer and violinist from New York who values imagination and spirit in music-making. She is currently pursuing a music major and conducting certificate at Princeton University. Her compositions have been awarded by National YoungArts, ASCAP, Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra, the American Prize, National Young Composers Challenge, Tribeca New Music, Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, and NYSSMA. By founding “Music Around Us Project” that delivers music to her community and aspiring to become an orchestral composer, Yuri strives to achieve her life dream of making people happy with music. She is grateful to her Juilliard Preparatory Division composition professors Manuel Sosa and Daniel Felsenfeld, violin professor Lucie Gelinas, and her Luna Lab mentor Reena Esmail.