Doohi Lee

Dr. Doohi Lee began the piano at age 13 and studied with Paul Kueter, continuing with Harriet Goler at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Piano Performance. He changed his major field of study to Biomedical Engineering at the Case School of Engineering in Cleveland, while continuing his piano studies with William Appling and Andrius Kuprevicius. During the summer of 1986, he was accepted to the Fontainbleau School of Music in France, where he studied piano with Gaby Casadesus and music analysis with Narcis Bonet, as protégé of Nadia Boulanger. Lee has also coached with Carolle Anne Mochernuk, Samuel Sanders, Emilio del Rosario, Jose Fegahli, Tamas Ungar.

As piano soloist, Lee performed with the Redford Civic Symphony Orchestra in Michigan in two separate occasions, performing the Piano Concerto Nos. 19 and 20 by Mozart. He has also presented solo recitals in Lexington, Richmond, Cleveland, Detroit, Antwerp, Montreal, and Buenos Aires. In June of 1999 and 2000, he was invited to participate in the First and Second Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs at Fort Worth, Texas. In August 2001, as part of Altamura Music Festival on the Greene (Catskills, New York), Lee performed and recorded the Piano Concerto No. 20 (K466) by Mozart with the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau, Romania, Karel Mark Chichon conducting. In March 2006, he was invited to perform with the Flower Mound Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Paul Bonneau.

A devoted chamber musician, Lee has performed with the members of The Cleveland Orchestra (June 1989, for the benefit of The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus), The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Chamber Ensemble, and the Montreal Symphony. In June of 1991, he was invited to perform the “Trout” Piano Quintet by Schubert with The Lafayette String Quartet for the benefit of The Center for Creative Studies in Detroit. In 2003, Lee founded The Phoenix Trio, with Nancy Messuri (Violin) and Dwight Anderson (Cello), and presented many concerts in the greater Dallas area. During the 2007-2010 seasons, Lee performed as a part of the Mu Phi Epsilon Concert Series at the Dallas Library, both in solo recitals and in chamber music concerts with musicians from the Plano Symphony, Dallas Opera Orchestra and Irving Symphony.

Also a Conductor, Lee began conducting in college with the Case Men’s Glee Club as Interim Conductor. He studied orchestral conducting with David Daniels, Michael Charry, David Delta Gier, and Gustav Meier. He was Apprentice Conductor under David Daniels, and made his orchestral conducting debut in 1994 with The Pontiac-Oakland Symphony in Michigan, directing the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Liszt and the Violin Concerto by Mendelssohn. At the Altamura Music Festival, Lee also conducted the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau, Romania, in a performance of the Overture to “Die Fledermaus” by R. Strauss and the Symphony No. 7 (1st Movement) by Beethoven. In 2014 Lee was invited to be the Conductor of Camerata Dallas and performed in the Museum of Biblical Arts in Dallas, including works by Faure, Mozart and Copeland.

As a physician, Dr. Lee holds six Board Certifications in diverse fields including Vein Surgery, Laser Surgery, Aesthetic Medicine and Regenerative Medicine. He is in private practice as Medical Director of Advanced Surgical Arts, specializing in Cosmetic Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, applying the latest technologies and surgical procedures. Lee was also an invited physician to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, and has worked with NASA to train Astronauts to use ultrasound in space.