a native of Korea, okkyung lee has been developing her own voice in a contemporary cello performance, improvisation and composition. using her solid classical training as a springboard, she incorporates jazz, sounds, korean traditional music, noise with extended techniques and create her unique blend of music.
since moving to new york in 2000, she has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as laurie anderson, derek bailey, steve beresford, carla bozulich, nels cline, chris corsano, sylvie courvoisier, mark dresser, fred frith, miho hatori, shelley hirsch, john hollenbeck, susie ibarra, lindha kallerdahl, andrew lampert, miya masaoka, min xiao-fen, thurston moore, lawrence D. "butch" morris, larry ochs, jim o'rourke, beth orton, zeena parkins, marc ribot, matthew shipp, saadet türköz and john zorn to name a few.
in addition to frequent solo performances and leading her own ensembles, she frequently collaborates with the following ensembles: Still Life with Commentator with pianist/composer vijay iyer, poet/hip hop artist mike ladd and director ibrahim quraishi; duo with tunrtablist/video artist christian marclay: billy martin's IOOi with ikue mori and dj olive, and artist guy richards smit's rock band Maxi Geil! and Playcolt.
okkyung has released the following albums under her name: her debut album, Nihm on Tzadik; a duo recording with christian marclay on My Cat is an Alien label's split LP series; 30-minute companion cd of her own compositions in collaboration with artist colin stinson for his art book Dust to Dust, and solo cello album I saw the Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said... to be releassed on thurston moore's Ecstatic Peace label in 2007.
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