Jihan Lee is a 10th grader at Korea International School in South Korea. He began playing the clarinet at age 9 and is a member of the school’s wind ensemble and the Korean Youth Honor Society Orchestra. He has participated in the KIMEA Music Festival in 2023 and 2024 and was selected for the AMIS Festival in Hong Kong in 2024. In 2025, he was chosen to perform in the National High School Honor Band (NHF). Jihan has earned multiple awards, including Blue Ribbons at the AMIS Solo & Ensemble Festival in 2024 and 2025, and 2nd place in the 2025 Charleston International Classical Music Competition.
Watch Jihan Lee perform Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano by Malcolm Arnold on the clarinet for the 2025 Classical Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.
Watch Jihan Lee perform Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, 3rd Movement by Malcolm Arnold on the clarinet for the 2025 Global Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.