
Julianne Lee performs on both violin and viola, appearing as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. A member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s violin section since 2006, she is the BSO’s assistant principal second violinist and from 2013 to 2015 served as its acting assistant concertmaster. From 2023 to 2025 she was violist of the Dover Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She was principal second violin of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from 2017 to 2019, has been guest principal violist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and was second violinist of the Johannes String Quartet, which performed commissioned works by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Derek Bermel, and William Bolcom. She has performed as soloist with orchestras in Germany, the United States, and South Korea, and as chamber musician with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music at the Banff Center, Aspen Music Festival, and Marlboro Music Festival, also touring with Music From Marlboro. She holds a bachelor’s degree in violin and viola performance from Curtis, and a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, where she double-majored in violin and viola.

