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after being in music schools from age of 3 to 25, korean cellist/improviser/composer okkyung lee finally found her artistic freedom in new york's lower east side where she moved in 2000.

since then, she has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as laurie anderson, lotte anker, derek bailey, kjell bjørgeengen, carla bozulich, john butcher, nels cline, chris corsano, sylvie courvoisier, mark dresser, fred frith, carlos giffoni, john hollenbeck, vijay iyer, lindha kallerdahl, andrew lampert, christian marclay, min xiao-fen, thurston moore, ikue mori, lawrence D. "butch" morris, larry ochs, jim o'rourke, evan parker, keith rowe, wadada leo smith, tyshawn sorey, skuli sverrisson, c spencer yeh and john zorn to name a few.

okkyung has released the following albums: her debut album as a leader, Nihm on Tzadik; a duo recording with christian marclay, Rubbings on My Cat is an Alien (LP)/A Silnet place (CD); solo cello album I saw the Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said... on thurston moore's Ecstatic Peace!; Check for Monsters with steve beresford and peter evans on Emanem label. for 2010, she is working on her follow up album on Tzadik, duo recording with phil minton for Dancing Wayang and another duo with adam linson for psi. in may she will also be recording a trio with evan parker and peter evans and also a duo with paul lytton.

in 2009, Kisaeng Becomes You, a multi-media project co-produced and co-choreographed by dean moss and yoon-jin kim,based on the prose of korean courtesans from last centuries. saw its world premier at Dance Thater Workshop, which garnered rave reviews from New York Times and Village Voice and others.

she has received a composer commission from New York State Council on the Arts in 2007 and Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant in 2010.

okkyung holds dual bachelor's degrees in Film Scoring/Contemporary Writing & Production from Berklee College of Music, and master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory of Music.