Wonki Lee Saxophonist

Wonki Lee Saxophonist

This channel is about sharing classical saxophone music, learning, and inspiring you to enrich your musical life. I am a concert saxophonist based in the U.S. I strive to share sheer beauty of the saxophone sound and its compositions through my performances and teachings.

Please contact me via my website for any inquiries:
www.wonkilee.com/contact

Short Bio:
Classical saxophonist Wonki Lee, feeling equally at home in traditional and contemporary repertoire, has distinguished himself as a winner of the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition in United States. Born to Korean parents living in Tokyo, Mr. Lee began to study the saxophone at age thirteen and soon moved to New York City. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree from Manhattan School of Music. He holds teaching positions at Montana State University and Manhattan School of Music.

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  • @raseshgandhi6702
    @raseshgandhi67022 күн бұрын

    Sir please give me guide about You are pressing upper teeth on mouth piece? How much pressure upper side?

  • @raseshgandhi6702
    @raseshgandhi67022 күн бұрын

    Fantastic information 🎉

  • @raseshgandhi6702
    @raseshgandhi67022 күн бұрын

    Very nice information

  • @raseshgandhi6702
    @raseshgandhi67022 күн бұрын

    Fabulous information 🎉🎉🎉

  • @Cashimat
    @Cashimat6 күн бұрын

    I will never understand why, but all I ever did was the octave mouthpiece exercise and one day while doing the daily struggle to get out the 3rd overtone I started getting really high ones. It was weird as everyone always described overtones as a linear process. But I realized one of the lower notes in those high overtones I was playing was Palm Key F, I then spent the next few days working my way down. Now I can play the whole Bflat series. And it somehow also transferred to every other note. I noticed now randomly I can pitch bends on palm keys and can feel how I’m going it. This is weird as I’ve always been told that overtones were a linear process in which you had to figure out your voicing. I still don’t know exactly what im doing in a literal sense, I can just kinda get my air stream right for each overtone. But I couldn’t tell you what I’m doing, I just can now.

  • @idk53062
    @idk530628 күн бұрын

    in 8th grade but im learning this piece because my sax professor at sfa played this last year and played tango etude no 2 for us this year. He brought out a bass sax but we didn't get to play it☹️

  • @ambroseogboli5856
    @ambroseogboli585616 күн бұрын

    It's been good learning with you Sir

  • @celiamoya4416
    @celiamoya441617 күн бұрын

    Ya podrían haberle puesto mejor iluminación a la pobre pianista que no se le ve la cara 😭😭

  • @eueu9963
    @eueu996318 күн бұрын

    😊

  • @Khargelius
    @Khargelius21 күн бұрын

    Too many tuning problems…

  • @sampitts6367
    @sampitts636723 күн бұрын

    What reeds do you use?

  • @wonkisaxlee
    @wonkisaxlee23 күн бұрын

    D’addario Reserve 3.0+

  • @patrickmendez4787
    @patrickmendez478727 күн бұрын

    Bravo Bravo à vous deux. Je me suis régalé

  • @VolodymyrLebed
    @VolodymyrLebedАй бұрын

    Beautiful!👏👏👏

  • @KNUF-
    @KNUF-Ай бұрын

    Respect

  • @connorplumb9471
    @connorplumb9471Ай бұрын

    Top notch stuff but cmon man why you gotta adlib during the slow part :/

  • @josegilvazquez7660
    @josegilvazquez7660Ай бұрын

    Magnifica interpretación, Sonido y articulación espectacular. Enhorabuena 👏👏👏👏

  • @manuelsosa5692
    @manuelsosa5692Ай бұрын

    Excelentes consejos, muchas gracias!! Suscrito!!

  • @rloomis3
    @rloomis3Ай бұрын

    Terrific ensemble. Have you guys played _Come Down Heavy!_ yet? ;-)

  • @RE_KRE
    @RE_KREАй бұрын

    Very good Interpretation

  • @user-eu7zi8zm6e
    @user-eu7zi8zm6eАй бұрын

    ❤Impressive!!!

  • @dalilapaulic8856
    @dalilapaulic8856Ай бұрын

    Splendid!

  • @robannmateja5000
    @robannmateja5000Ай бұрын

    I enjoyed that so much. I'm just a beginner and yours is the tone and sound that I am striving to achieve. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.

  • @rileymitchell9926
    @rileymitchell9926Ай бұрын

    Hey, I saw you at Music Festival! I was part of that group of kids that kept coming in. I was actually hoping to do part of this piece for a solo next year (hopefully Cafe 1930). Do you have any advice?

  • @wonkisaxlee
    @wonkisaxleeАй бұрын

    Hi Riley, thank you for the comment! Will you please send me a quick email? and I can share with more details: [email protected]

  • @rileymitchell9926
    @rileymitchell9926Ай бұрын

    @@wonkisaxlee yes I can do that

  • @eliasclarke_saxophone
    @eliasclarke_saxophoneАй бұрын

    Piazzolla is literally my favorite composer. You make his music sound so much greater!

  • @taiwanbirdman
    @taiwanbirdmanАй бұрын

    I like the beautiful muscle tone of the pianist...

  • @peterlorenz9766
    @peterlorenz9766Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for your interpretation. It is very touchy. It goes so deep. Thanks for your INSPIRATION. GREETINGS from SPAIN.

  • @WoodWindVasudeva
    @WoodWindVasudevaАй бұрын

    Keep your reeds is alcohol, vodka is best...keep it for it's lifetime ...take it out and directly play...more hygienic..enzymes in your saliva will not harm the reed material, ie: bamboo fibers...no mould formation...no cycling of dry to wet and back (always wet...).....my personal experience is really encouraging...

  • @ashertee9033
    @ashertee9033Ай бұрын

    🥰🥰

  • @symbian1530
    @symbian1530Ай бұрын

    Excellent! Please, show us how to slap tonguing. Thank you!

  • @zaqwzsxdedebvcxzkmjnhbgvfikmjn
    @zaqwzsxdedebvcxzkmjnhbgvfikmjn2 ай бұрын

    Hes playing the notes, not the music. PLAY WITH PASSION

  • @josegilvazquez7660
    @josegilvazquez76602 ай бұрын

    Que maravilla de concierto, lastima no haber amplificado un poco el Violin. Enhorabuena 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @rloomis3
    @rloomis3Ай бұрын

    I thought the balance was quite good.

  • @eliasclarke_saxophone
    @eliasclarke_saxophone2 ай бұрын

    Such a great performance, as usual lol. Keep up the amazing work Dr. Lee!

  • @zsovin396
    @zsovin3962 ай бұрын

    does anyone have the score of this songwww

  • @wonkisaxlee
    @wonkisaxlee2 ай бұрын

    www.grothmusic.com/p-50819-cantilene-and-dance-violin-alto-saxophone-and-piano.aspx

  • @zsovin396
    @zsovin39615 күн бұрын

    @@wonkisaxlee thanks!!

  • @thumbsup08
    @thumbsup082 ай бұрын

    Wonki, I want you to know that the day I found your channel I fell in love with your performance. You are my top role model as a saxophone player and you should know that so many like me look up to people like you. Thank you for being an outstanding person.

  • @parrybarclay4286
    @parrybarclay42862 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your great videos! I have a Yamaha Custom 875 Alto purchased in early/mid 90s. I have always found it a bit more “resistant” as you describe. A highly regarded repair tech told me that many Yamaha models need the neck bore opened up slightly. I was hesitant but he was certain so I let him do it. The horn was immediately less resistant especially in low register and altissimo register and kept its great tone. Just curious on your thoughts here and if you have heard of players doing this. I have heard of other good repair techs doing the same thing as well

  • @wonkisaxlee
    @wonkisaxlee2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the comment. Changing the neck bore definitely affects the sound and resistant - I used to use G1 Neck, which was darker and more resistant, but now I am using V1 neck which has different bore structure and gives less resistant and brighter tone quality.

  • @Roland_Geyer
    @Roland_Geyer2 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your clear explanation and the useful links

  • @juan15car
    @juan15car2 ай бұрын

    sounds very Beautiful

  • @777leviandades
    @777leviandades2 ай бұрын

    🎉thanks a lot for the explanation

  • @user-jh3zp6cn3v
    @user-jh3zp6cn3v2 ай бұрын

    night club 1960도 해주세요!!!

  • @eliasclarke_saxophone
    @eliasclarke_saxophone2 ай бұрын

    Dr. Lee, you are literally my biggest hero and such an inspiration. Amazing performance!

  • @Noah-ko9cm
    @Noah-ko9cm2 ай бұрын

    You misspelled History in the title btw

  • @wonkisaxlee
    @wonkisaxlee2 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @jimmyso1062
    @jimmyso10622 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @nonglishq6727
    @nonglishq67272 ай бұрын

    Wow great job Wonki Lee! You are a true inspiration!

  • @jackdolphy8965
    @jackdolphy89652 ай бұрын

    Fabulous playing! Be ever the winds at your back for a long and grande life of music and saxophoning 💗 🙏🏼

  • @seanhoffman775
    @seanhoffman7752 ай бұрын

    Great cideo do you use use alternate fingerings for the arpeggios

  • @SiriaSax
    @SiriaSax2 ай бұрын

    where can i find the arr?

  • @wonkisaxlee
    @wonkisaxlee2 ай бұрын

    musicake.thebase.in/items/26870084

  • @caiusschereiner
    @caiusschereiner2 ай бұрын

    Muito maravilhoso, parabéns pela magnífica interpretação! Abraços do Brazil!

  • @caiusschereiner
    @caiusschereiner2 ай бұрын

    Que interpretação maravilhosa, parabéns pelo seu talento tão abençoado! Saudações do Brazil!

  • @robannmateja5000
    @robannmateja50002 ай бұрын

    Wow, your tone is so beautiful. I love the expression you mentioned: Playing simple melodies as beautifully as possible!

  • @burntwater3936
    @burntwater39362 ай бұрын

    What is the difference between a jazz mouthpiece and a classical mouthpiece and how to tell the difference? Edit: does it even make a difference?