George Li
| George Li (黎卓宇) | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | George Li |
| Born | August 24, 1995 (age 21) |
| Origin | Massachusetts, USA |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 2004-present |
George Li (Chinese: 黎卓宇; pinyin: Lí zhuōyǔ) (born August 24, 1995) is a Chinese American concert pianist, recipient of the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and silver medalist of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition.
George Li was born on August 24, 1995, in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents from the People's Republic of China. He began piano lessons at the age of 4 with Dorothy Shi, and later studied with Yin Chengzong, before transferring to his current teachers, Wha Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman.
Li made his orchestral debut with the Xiamen Philharmonic at the age of 9, a year after which he made his solo recital debut in his native Boston. Since then, he has gained significant renown as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist. At the age of eleven, he made his Carnegie Hall debut, which was featured in the new TV series produced by NPR, From the Top. His performance on the Martha Stewart Show followed two weeks later.
Among the orchestras he has soloed with include the include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic, Symphony Pro Musica, Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (Venezuela;, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra,Brooklyn Philharmonic, Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Waltham Symphony Orchestra , Nordic Chamber Orchestra Sweden,Princeton Symphony Orchestra,Albany Symphony Orchestra,Lexington Symphony Orchestra , Orchestra "I Solisti di Perugia" (Spoleto, Italy), Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Rdigewood Symphony Orchestra and the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of New England Concervatory.
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