harp
Lecturer in Harp. Born to Korean diplomat parents, June Han lived in Belgium, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, the Netherlands, and France prior to her arrival in the United States in 1994. She holds a Premier Prix for harp and for chamber music from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, a Master of Music and Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School. She was a student of Marie-Claire Jamet and Nancy Allen. She performs extensively in Korea, France, and New York City with Ensemble Sospeso, Sequitur Ensemble, Ensemble 21, and Manhattan Sinfonietta.
She has collaborated with the Chamber Music Society Two Program, Sea Cliff Chamber Players, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Cygnus Ensemble, and Speculum Musicae, and regularly performs with Music from Japan, the Group for Contemporary Music, Azure Ensemble, Jupiter Chamber Players, and Bronx Art Ensemble. Ms. Han is an active orchestral player and has collaborated with the Orchestre de Paris, New York City Opera and Kirov Opera orchestras, and Sinfonieorchester Basel. Her frequent appearances with the New York Philharmonic include tours in Europe and Asia. She has appeared at the Aspen and Tanglewood festivals in the United States and the Villecroze, Gargilesse, and Nice festivals in France. She played as a soloist with the Young Artists Orchestra in Aspen, the Colonial Symphony Orchestra in Morristown, N.J., the Durham-Oshawa Symphony Orchestra in Canada, and the OK Mozart Festival in Oklahoma.
She has recorded extensively the music of living and modern composers and has premiered works by her mother, Young-Ja Lee, Charles Wuorinen, and Hyo-Shin Na, among others. Ms. Han is currently on the faculties of Yale School of Music, Columbia University, Pre-College Division at the Juilliard School, and Bowdoin International Music Festival. She occasionally holds master classes in her native Korea.