Paolo Coriani 'Simplicio' - Yenne Lee plays Arirang Fantasy

Here's Yenne Lee playing Arirang Fantasy, a piece she wrote based on a traditional Korean song, on a great 2017 Paolo Coriani 'Simplicio' model classical guitar. Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA.

[chisohn]

I just started to learn the classic guitar at my age 63, I wish I could do like you

[irpat]

young Lady, I could listen to your Music all day long, I've been playing for 61 yrs, and you put so much feeling into your music that it flows right through you and out to us who have the pleasure of hearing it.

[johnnychi]

This is the first time I've heard this song yet it sounds like something I have always known. Great rendition.

[josephbell]

Heard this song when I was sent to Korea in 1957. It was very catching song all GI knew it but it had lyrics that were very catchy.

[y__sdal]

들어 본 아리랑 편곡 중 최고라고 생각됩니다.감동적인 연주 잘 들었습니다

[로지너스]

쵝오!! 지금까지 들어본 아리랑 연주중 가장 인상깊은 연주입니다. 너무 흔하고 가까운 곳에 있어 항상 흘려듣기만 끝까지 듣고 있다니..

[D채널-tz]

클래식 기타로
아리랑의 모두를 표현하셨네요.
아이쿠~~ 당신의 연주에 빠져듭니다.

[신광복-bx]

2020년 5월 24일 현재 노르웨이에 산지 1년이 된 50살 아저씨입니다 유튜브에서 이예은 기타리스트를 알고 음악을 듣다가 아리랑판타지를 듣고 너무 감동을 받고 고향생각도 나지만 이 음악으로 마음도 많이 달래져서 고맙습니다^^

[youraphrodisiac.]

She s sharing her inner world through music, she has a beautiful and glowing soul.

[jaewooko]

Thanks... I was so impressed on Arirang. It actually brought tears in my eyes while I was listening in midnight...

[schmitzbackes]

You have the special kind of silence that have only genius. Bravo!

[riteshthapa]

I could listen to her all day. I'm not even joking

[moo]

Yenne Lee (이예은)
[pronunciation: Yehn]


A native of South Korea, Yenne Lee is a classical guitarist who enjoys playing music from other genres. By arranging and playing popular songs, she wants to expand the audience base of the instrument, hoping that would lead to more people learning and enjoying the classical guitar.

Her first album, Beautiful (2016), features her own arrangements of popular songs from the 1970’s. Her second album will feature her own classical interpretation of some jazz standards. The first arrangement she completed for this jazz album was “Autumn Leaves, ” which she made a YouTube video for Guitar Salon International’s YouTube channel in 2017. The video has gotten over 19 million views as of March 2022.

She received a doctorate from Manhattan School of Music. Her dissertation was on Fernando Sor’s fantasies and their Romantic features. She has a master’s degree from Mannes College of Music and a bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University. She was a prizewinner at the Indiana International Guitar Competition in 2013 and at several competitions back in Korea.

Her recent performances include the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, New York City Classical Guitar Society, Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, Vietnamese American Classical Guitar Society, and Korean American Guitar Society.

She has been teaching guitar at Vassar College since 2018.







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[johni]

Yenne has a touch on the strings like no other! My favorite classical guitarist.

[heliocentric]

beautiful video to look at, beautiful video to listen to, great right hand mastery, Yenne Lee plays with so much natural feeling.

[jimmcjannett]

So very beautiful. Korean it is, Yenne, but why do I hear strains that take me back to my Galic roots? I am almost 78 years of age. I adore the interpretations that masterfully present.

[MrIbgrant]

I'm back again. This is such stunning music. Love it!!

[pauloaugustonino]

Thank you so much for sharing this piece of art with us. Such a great performance and work both in a technical and an emotional way that I'm keeping this to my entire life.

[GingyAce]

I have never witness anyone play guitar this way. Like magic

[MrIbgrant]

Beautifully captured too, GSI. Congratulations all round.