Christopher Collins Lee

Dr. Christopher Collins Lee became a protégé of famed violinist Zino Francescatti at the age of sixteen, traveling with him throughout Europe on his final tours. He studied violin and composition at Curtis and Juilliard, earned a doctorate degree, was a Fulbright Scholar, and has been awarded four honorary doctorate degrees. His other principal teachers were Dorothy DeLay, Arthur Grumiaux, Henryk Szeryng, and Nathan Milstein. He is currently concertmaster of fourteen international orchestras.