Photograph courtesy of the Violin Making School of America
Instruments
Sanghoon Lee
Sanghoon Lee is the owner, director and head instructor of the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, the school founded by Peter Paul Prier in 1972. He graduated from the school in 2004 and worked in restoration at Peter Prier & Sons Violins before joining the VMSA faculty in 2009, teaching varnish, set-up and art. He received the Silver Medal for violin tone at the 2010 Violin Society of America competition. In November 2023 he succeeded Charles Woolf, head instructor since 1991, becoming the first Korean to lead the school. He continues to make violins under his own name alongside his teaching.
Dealers
To be confirmed