An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program will include Beethoven String Quartet Op. 95 plus other works

Violinist JOHNNY LEE joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the start of the 2005/06 season. Previously, he was Assistant Concertmaster of the Charlotte Symphony and Concertmaster of the Canton Symphony. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Lee began playing violin at the age of five. After graduating from Harvard College with a cum laude degree in Economics, he attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he received his master's degree in 2003. As a soloist, Lee has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Charlotte Symphony, the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Also an avid chamber musician, Lee made his international debut in 2007, performing to sold-out crowds in Seoul, Korea, with the chamber ensemble, Ditto. Along with his regular post with the Philharmonic, Lee is a frequent participant in the Chamber Music Society and Green Umbrella series

Violist DANA HANSEN is a Massachusetts native. She began violin studies at age five and viola at 15. After graduating from Harvard College with a cum laude degree in Modern European History, she attended the Juilliard School, where she received her master's degree in 2003. In Boston, she studied viola and chamber music with James Dunham and Robert Levin. At Juilliard, she studied with Misha Amory and Heidi Castleman. She was a member of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra before joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2004.

JASON LIPPMANN joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the 2004/05 season after five years of performing as a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Lippmann has also performed with the Baltimore Symphony, both the Cincinnati Symphony and Opera, the New World Symphony, the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Lippmann also performs as a chamber and solo musician, most recently on the Philharmonic's Chamber Music Society and Green Umbrella series. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Lippmann began his musical studies on the violin at the age of three. He switched to the cello a year later and studied with Norman Johns, Assistant Principal cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony. Lippmann received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

Violinist BING WANG joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Associate Concertmaster in 1994 at the age of 26, becoming the first Chinese violinist to hold such a prestigious position. As a soloist, Wang has won critical praise for her appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  She appears annually as both concertmaster and soloist at the Hollywood Bowl under the baton of composer John Williams.  In April 2002, she gave her first appearances in China since emigrating to the U.S., performing as a soloist and touring with her hometown orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Bing Wang made her Walt Disney Concert Hall concerto debut in May of 2005. She also performs regularly on the Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella and Chamber Music Society series. Wang began studying the violin with her parents at the age of six.