Yung Mee Rhee is an accomplished pianist and teacher, who serves as a judge the Southwestern Youth Music Festival and the Music Teacher’s National Association Bartok Competition annually. A Scholarship recipient of Indiana University’s acclaimed Jacob School of Music; she studied under the renowned pianist Menahem Pressler, the founder of the Beaux Arts Trio, Michael Block and Francois Regnat. Yung Mee Rhee’s accomplishment includes many esteemed recitals and concerts both solo and with orchestra. Her performances have been broadcast live on television throughout Indianapolis, Indiana, aired on Live Radio Broadcast in South Bend, Indiana. She has captivated audiences through National Canadian Public Radio. She has performed as a soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Owensboro Symphony, IU Concert Orchestra, Kingsport Symphony, the Lima Symphony, and the L.A. Chamber Orchestra.
Under her guidance, many of her students have achieved top honors, including titles such as Young Pianist at the Southwestern Youth Music Festival (SYMF) held in Southern California. They haven also won awards at the M.T.A.C. Bach Festival, Korea Times Youth Music Competition, San Francisco National Young Artist Competition, YMF Scholarship Competition, and the Elvin Samuel McGaughey Music Foundation competition, where her students have earned the Grand Prize. In further pursuing their musical studies, Rhee’s students have been accepted into schools such as the Manhattan School of Music, Indiana University, Eastman School of Music, California State University at Northridge, UCLA, Stanford University, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and USC Thornton School of Music, many with full scholarships. In 2023, Yung Mee Rhee gave a master class at CSUN. She is the founder of the nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)) IIMF, Image International Music Festival, and of La Canada School of Music. She is currently on the faculty at Colburn Music School of Performing Arts.
