JOHNATHAN F. LEE is a digital sound artist and composer living in Tokyo. He received a doctorate in music composition (DMA) from Columbia University, and currently is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Arts at Tamagawa University. He has worked extensively with the Columbia University Computer Music Center, and has collaborated both as performer and producer with the Freight Elevator Quartet, yielding internationally released recordings. In recent years, his artistic interests have focused on collaborations with artists from other disciplines—particularly choreographers and visual artists—in works that have been presented in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe. Additionally, he has worked on numerous research and software development projects focusing on sound and arts technology at various institutions worldwide including Columbia University and IRCAM. Prior to moving to Japan, he taught at Columbia and Adelphi Universities in New York.

recent and upcoming
performances

Concatenated Spheres Obscured
soundscape for Sir Robert Hart Silver
15 April 08 (Opening)
Silver Sounds, The Naughton Gallery at Queen's, Belfast, UK

Poursuite d'un mirage mécanique
electroacoustic multi-channel work with video by Keiichi Tanaka
15 March 08
ZAIM Festa 2008, Yokohama

Praeludium Ex Caelum
electroacoustic multi-channel work
30 August 07
ICMC 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark

Flexible Spaces
in collaboration with Saya Tamagawa (choreography)
12–16 July 07
「生」,Tamagawa University,Tokyo

Semblance of Ritual II
electroacoustic work
25 March 07
Media Project '07-1, ZAIM, Yokohama

Ambient_Tide
in collaboration with Hitoshi Akayama (computer graphics), Akira Takaoka (music), and Keiichi Tanaka (light art)
Premiere: 7–11 June 06
Performing Arts Fair in Aoyama, Aoyama Theatre, Shibuya, Tokyo
Additional Performances:
Yokohama; Minneapolis, MN

Pignut
in collaboration with Ellis Wood Dance
Premiere: 5 February 05
Cowell Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Additional Performances:
New York, NY; Washington, DC; European Tour (Portugal, Germany, Netherlands)

Etude for Escapists
in collaboration with Narratrope
Premiere: 30 Sept 04
Re:NEW Symposium, Columbia C250, New York, NY