Korean Soprano singer Lee Sang Eun is dead at the age of 46. Reports claimed that she was found dead in a washroom, right before her performance at the 33rd Regular Concert of the Gimcheon Municipal Choir. An investigation is currently underway.
Lee Sang Eun is among the popular singers in the Korean entertainment industry. She graduated from Seoul National University and went to Mannes School Of Music in New York for her Master's degree.
Police are probing her death case. It also added that on Thursday, an event staff called the police around 8:32 pm after finding the singer unconscious. Her body was in the third-floor women's bathroom of the concert venue, Carmina Burana at the Grand Hall of Gimcheon Culture and Art Center where she was scheduled to perform as a part of a commemoration event for the cultural exchange between England and Honam, reports News 1
“It was time for Lee Sang Eun to come on stage, but she wasn’t backstage. When I looked in the bathroom, I found her lying on the floor,” Koreaboo quoted a staff from the night. The singer was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead reportedly. Meanwhile, reports also claim that police don't suspect foul play in the matter.
Lee Sang Eun was a widely known soprano singer. She had a unisex look which enchanted her to men and women alike.
Her stage name was Lee Tzsche. She made her debut in singing in 1988 and since then had sung 15 full length albums.
She was a pass-out from the College of Music at Seoul National University. Her love of music took her to New York where she got a master’s degree from the prestigious Mannes School of Music.
Lee Sang Eun received multiple awards which helped her get lead positions in opera musicals nationally and internationally.
Her famous albums include ‘Slow days’, ‘Begin’, ‘Endless Lay’ among many others. She won the Korean Music Awards in the ‘female musician of the year award’ category for her albums ‘Mysteruim’ in 2004 and ‘Romantopia’ in 2006. She had also bagged the Golden Disc Awards in the ‘rookie artist award’ category.
