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Final Forte 2017: Julian Rhee

03/13/17 | 3m 13s | Rating: NR

Julian Rhee, a finalist in the 2017 Bolz Young Artist Competition, is a junior at Brookfield East High School. He began playing violin at age five and currently studies with Almita Vamos and Hye-Sun Lee at the Music Institute of Chicago. Among Julian’s First Place awards are the 2017 La Crosse Rising Stars Concerto Competition and the 2015 Milwaukee Symphony Young Artist Competition.

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