European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Magazine preteen piano virtuoso t Sis Pennio in Ken be once Hyun Mee Lee at Heidelberg Middle school. By Steve Morrison staff writer hey wept when Hyun me Lee Sal Down a i the piano it was inspiration they said the inspired playing by the penile shy. 9-year-old girl when she made her debut As a concert pianist with the Helsinki conservatory symphony orchestra in Finland today two years later Lee is a sixth Grade student at the Heidelberg Middle school still Petilo si.1 shy. Her ability to move people with her music has not diminished i anything it has grown. When she sits Down at the piano it s just amazing what she can do said Garcia Adkins band and chorus teacher at the school. She came in the first Day and i passed out some music and said can you play this she looked at it one time played through n once and had it Lee is known to her classmates and teachers As Sisu a finnish word meaning Strong the nickname was Given to her by the pastor of the congregational Church in Seoul. South Korea where she was born her father. Woo Sang is the South korean Deputy Consul general to Iraq and is stationed in Baghdad. Leo has been living in Heidelberg since last september with her 22-year-old sister Eun Koo a teaching major Al the University of Heidelberg ii was Eun Koo s Strong Beliel in her sister s Talent that brought Lee to Germany Sisu was taking private piano lessons in an International school in Iraq but i did t feel that she was making any real Progress Eun Koo said. So i sent a cassette of her playing to a professor at the music College at Karlsruhe and asked if it was possible Tor her to take piano lessons Here in Germany and at that College in the professor was impressed and wrote Back to Eun Koo that he did indeed think it was possible in ibs could pass the Entrance exams. Les was Only 9 then end the exams she would have to Lake Are normally taken by 18-year-Olds. Using up to her nickname she passed with flying colors. That look care of Lee s musical education but then i had to find an English speaking school since Sisu spoke no German Eun Koo said. I found out about Dodds but because Lee was t american bom or a military family member my father must pay the tuition is about �5,000 per year but As Long As Lee s lather is on foreign assignment the korean government pays Hall the amount. Since her arrival in Germany five months ago Leo has become 3 major attraction with her classmates and teachers. One of those teachers is Jacqui Mckean a seventh Grade math teacher. Sisu was put into my class because it was decided that she needed to be in an advanced math class Mckeon said. She s one of the top students she s very Bright catches on quickly to everything and she is super Fri Erdly gets along very Well with her Lee s classmates agree but the characteristic most mentioned and admired by others is her modesty i did t even know of her Talent until we had the Christmas program Mckeon said. They had the piano turned so that All you could see was the Backol the piano and the lop other Little head Bobbing around. I was really surprised to find out in was Sisu. She plays just the remarkable the
