Born into a musical family, Lee grew up in New Jersey, Canada and Paris. Her father is a cellist with the Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra; her sister Janet, 27, is a tenured cellist with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra in Germany. Last year, she participated in the Marlboro Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and a European tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra as guest principal violist.
The youngest musician appointed to the BSO was trumpeter Roger Voisin, who joined at 17 in 1935.