seiko lee born tokyo japan is a japanese soprano who began her musical studies at age four in tokyo as a member of the nhk childrens choir for ten years she traveled on several goodwill tours including a concert tour of eastern europe after marrying a south korean she became interested in korean music and has performed extensively in korea her second cd liberation is a collection of wellknown korean art songs the liberation cd was an important factor in her being invited to sing in north koreaas a professional she has performed in both the opera house and concert stage in europe south america asia and the united states she has recorded as soloist for sony rca victor and manhattan center records her concert tours have taken her to several of the worlds preeminent venues including new yorks lincoln center manhattan center and madison square garden japans makuhari messe and shin kogukikan stadium and seouls olympic stadium in 1992 where she performed for 120000 people as part of the first world cultural and sports festival she has performed for many world dignitaries including the japanese emperor and former heads of state including sir edward heath of britain kenneth kuanda of zambia rodrigo escobar navia of columbia and stanislav shushkevich of belarusshe is a graduate of the tokyo metropolitan art high school music major and the tokyo national university of fine arts tokyo geidai after graduating she came to the united states and has appeared in international opera productions including carmen macbeth la traviata suor angelica cos fan tutte and un destino immortale in addition she has performed with the japan opera studio in tokyo she made her us operatic debut in new york city with the la scaletta opera and she has also appeared with the connecticut opera and new yorks henry street opera in 1998 she presented a joint recital in asuncin paraguay with national icon gloria del paraguaysince 1996 she has been a frequent soloist with the new york city symphony and the nyc symphony chamber ensemble in 1996 she toured with the nyc symphony chamber ensemble in concerts in new york los angeles san francisco chicago connecticut and washington dc in 1998 and 1999 she appeared as a soloist at the lincoln center with new yorks historic goldman memorial band in 2002 she appeared with the new york city symphony chamber ensemble in the temple recital series in salt lake city utah in 2005 she was the featured soloist at the inaugural ceremony of the universal peace federation at lincoln centers alice tully hallshe appeared as a featured soloist in the three sopranos world peace concert in asuncin paraguay in 2007