Having recently returned from a tour to China and Taiwan, Lee University’s faculty-comprised Lee Piano Trio will perform Monday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Squires Recital Hall. The trio includes pianist Dr. Joong Han (Jonathan) Jung, cellist Theodore Kartal, and violinist Xiaoqing Yu. The concert will feature Haydn’s “Piano Trio No. 39,” Mendelssohn’s “Piano Trio No. 1,” and Piazolla’s “Oblivion.”

Jung joined Lee’s faculty in 2017 as an assistant professor of piano. He concertizes regularly across Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.

He was a featured guest artist in the Texas State International Piano Festival and the Brevard Summer Music Festival. He has also performed with the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra, the Korean Philharmonic Orchestra of New Zealand, and the University of Auckland Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Jung received his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), Master of Arts (MA), and Master of Music (MM) degree from Eastman School of Music, and an additional MM and Bachelor of Music (BM) degree from the University of Auckland.

Kartal joined Lee University in 2001. He is currently principal cellist of the Oak Ridge Symphony and Bryan Symphony orchestras, in addition to performing with the Knoxville Symphony. He has also performed with the Shreveport and South Arkansas symphonies.

As a student, Kartal won multiple competitions and prizes, such as the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion prize and first prize at the Istanbul Cello Competition. Since then he has gone on to perform with orchestras in Italy, Germany, France, and the U.S.

He received his MM in cello performance from Louisiana State University and an MM in cello performance and a BA from Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul.

Yu came to Lee in 2004, where he teaches violin, viola, chamber music, and serves as director of the Lee University Chamber Strings. Prior to Lee, Yu performed in New York with the National New Composition Orchestra and the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra.

Presently, Yu serves as the concertmaster of the Greenville Symphony and performs with the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, which is an annual, 10-week summer festival in New York. While serving as principal second violinist for the American Chamber Orchestra, Yu performed in nearly 100 European cities, including Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Florence, and Paris.

Yu received an MM from University of South Carolina, an MM from Manhattan School of Music, and his BA from Beijing Central Conservatory of Music.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 423-614-8240 or email [email protected].