lee was given a full scholarship to attend chethams school of music along with her two sisters song-a and hae-a in manchester at the age of nine in  she was then awarded a full-scholarship place to study with the late harvey shapiro at the juilliard school in new york where she graduated with a bachelors degree in  lee returned to new york in  to play a recital at carnegie hall as part of a piano trio with her sister songa and pianist louise thomas