Cellist Priscilla Lee joined The Philadelphia Orchestra as Associate Principal Cello at the start of the 2016–17 season. A 2005 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, she began studying at age five and made her solo debut in 1998 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
A native of California, Lee studied with Ronald Leonard at the Colburn School of Performing Arts and continued her studies at the Curtis Institute of Music with David Soyer. She earned her Master of Music from the Mannes College of Music, where she studied with Timothy Eddy.
An active chamber musician, Lee has participated in festivals including Marlboro, Santa Fe, Seattle, Delaware, St. Denis in Paris, Kingston, Lexington, Burlington, and Taos. She was a member of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two from 2006 to 2009 and a founding member of Trio Cavatina, which won Grand Prize at the 2009 Naumburg International Competition. Prior to joining The Philadelphia Orchestra, she served as Principal Cello of Opera Philadelphia and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.
Lee resides in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, with her husband, violist Burchard Tang, and their two daughters.
