Johnny Lee

Second Violin

Member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2005

Violinist Johnny Lee joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2005 under Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Previously, he was Assistant Concertmaster of the Charlotte Symphony and Concertmaster of the Canton Symphony. He was also a member of the Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago.

Lee has been a featured soloist with the LA Phil twice, performing Vivaldi concertos at Walt Disney Concert Hall and at the Hollywood Bowl. An avid chamber musician, he appears frequently on the LA Phil’s Chamber Music series and serves as a founding member of Ensemble Ditto.

Lee began playing the violin at age 5 and won his first competition three years later. An Ohio native, he spent his weekends taking lessons at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM). After graduating from Harvard College with a cum laude degree in economics, Lee realized that music was his true passion and returned to CIM, where he received his Master’s degree in 2003.