Jun Lee is a doctoral candidate in cello performance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he studies with Matthew Zalkind. He currently serves as a teaching assistant with the Rabin String Quartet under the guidance of the Pro Arte Quartet.
He previously studied at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, where he was selected as a member of the inaugural graduate string quartet-in-residence, the Solideo Quartet. Jun earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Arizona State University, studying with Tom Landschoot, and completed his Master of Music at the University of Illinois, where he worked closely with Denise Djokic and Daniel McDonough of the Jupiter Quartet. He began his cello studies with Mary Beth Tyndall.
Jun has received numerous awards, including prizes from the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, Civic Orchestra of Tucson Young Artist Competition, Rocky Ridge Young Artist Seminar, Tucson Cello Congress, and the Tucson Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He has appeared as a soloist with the Civic Orchestra of Tucson, Tucson Pops Orchestra, Rocky Ridge Young Artist Seminar Orchestra, and the Delta Symphony Orchestra.
Recently, he was a finalist in the Hellam Young Artist Competition and a winner of the Schubert Club Competition.