Principal Clarinet

Sangwon Lee joined the Hartford Symphony as Principal Clarinet in 2023. He has performed with orchestras all over New England, appearing as guest principal clarinetist in the Boston Pops Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony, Dartmouth Symphony, etc. As a chamber musician, Sangwon has shared the stage with the late Peter Serkin – performing the Beethoven and the Mozart Quintets for Piano with Winds in multiple performances in 2018. 

In addition to performing, Sangwon is passionate about music education. He has coached woodwind sectionals at Yale University, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Boston Latin School, etc. He has taught clarinet and saxophone at the Bard Music Camp in the summers and was an instructor of clarinet and saxophone at the Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA.

He holds a BM in Clarinet Performance and a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan, an MM in Critical, Curatorial, and Performance Studies from Bard College, and a Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory. His teachers include Daniel Gilbert and Thomas Martin.