Biography

Violist Tabitha Rhee is a member of the New York Philharmonic having won a position with the orchestra after recently receiving her Master of Music at the Juilliard School, and has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, among others.

Tabitha Rhee is a member of the New York Philharmonic viola section having won a position with the orchestra in 2023, and recently received her Master of Music at the Juilliard School studying with Misha Amory as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship.


In addition to the New York Philharmonic, Ms. Rhee has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Princeton Symphony, Apex Ensemble, and Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players. She is the winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition and has soloed with the Juilliard Orchestra
and performed as a Principal Violist. She has also soloed with the Wisconsin Philharmonic, Madison Symphony Orchestra, and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Ms. Rhee has attended various prestigious music festivals such as the Music@Menlo International Program, Ravinia Steans Institute, Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival, Verbier Festival Academy, Bravo!Vail, Pierce Hill Chamber Music Festival, and the Aspen Music
Festival. Additionally, she has worked closely with esteemed artists such as Roger Tapping, Antoine Tamestit, and Nobuko Imai.


Tabitha is an alumna of the Music Institute of Chicago Academy where she was a student of Hye-Sun Lee, and Almita and Roland Vamos. She received her Bachelor of Music degree at the
Juilliard School as a Kovner Fellow studying with Misha Amory and Heidi Castleman.