George Li

Background

George Li was born on August 24, 1995, in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents from the People"s Republic of China.

Education

Harvard University.

Career

Li has been performing publicly since the age of nine. He has been gaining attention as a significant recitalist, a chamber musician, and a soloist with orchestra. At the age of eleven, he performed at New York City"s Carnegie Hall.

The performance was featured in the new television series produced by National Public Radio, From the Top.

He also performed on the Martha Stewart Show two weeks later. Li has also performed at the Rose Garden in the White House for the President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Li"s piano professors are Russell Sherman and Mississippi Wha Kyung Byun. Li has been renowned as a frequent performer of piano concertos with many prestigious orchestras.

Among the concertos he has performed include Haydn Piano Concerto Number.

11, Saint Saens Piano Concerto Number. 2, Beethoven Piano Concerto Number. 1, Beethoven Piano Concerto Number.

4, Mendelssohn Piano Concerto Number.

1, Mozart Piano Concerto Number. 21, Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Chopin Piano Concerto Number.

1, and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Number. 2. These orchestras include the Cleveland Orchestra (Jahja Ling conductor).

Xiamen Philharmonic (China.

Tao Lin conductor), Symphony Pro Musica (Mark Churchill conductor), Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (Venezuela. Sarah Ioannides conductor), Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (Benjamin Zander, conductor), Brooklyn Philharmonic (Arkady Leytush conductor), Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Sarah Ioannides conductor), Miami Symphony Orchestra (Eduardo Marturet conductor), Waltham Symphony Orchestra (Patrick Botti conductor), Nordic Chamber Orchestra Sweden (Christian Lindberg conductor), Princeton Symphony Orchestra (Benjamin Zander, conductor), Albany Symphony Orchestra (David Alan Miller Conductor), Lexington Symphony Orchestra (Jonathan McPhee, conductor), Orchestra "I Solisti di Perugia" (Spoleto, Italy), Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra (Linus Lerner, conductor), Rdigewood Symphony Orchestra (Arkady Leytush conductor) and the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of New England Concervatory (Benjamin Zander, conductor). He is currently the youngest recipient of the award.

Li resides in Lexington, Massachusetts.

He graduated from Walnut Hill School and the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, where he studies with Wha Kyung Byun. Li is currently an undergraduate/masters student in the dual degree program at Harvard University and the New England Conservatory.

Achievements

• Li was awarded the first prizes in the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association state competitions at the age of 6 and 7. In 2005, Li won second prizes in both the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition and the Cincinnati World Piano Competition at the age of nine. In 2008, Li won the second prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Junior Artist Competition. In 2010, Li has won the first prize in the Cooper International Piano Competition Li has also won the first prize in the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. On June 23, 2011, Li was selected to be one of the two recipients of the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award. On July 1, 2015, George Li won 2nd prize, tied with Lukas Geniušas in the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Connections

teacher:

Dorothy Shi