Ying Li, Piano

Musician

Winner of the inaugural Antonio Mormone International Prize in Italy, twenty-four-year-old Chinese pianist Ying Li is quickly establishing an international career. She has received top awards in numerous national and international competitions, including first prizes at the Sarasota Artist Series Piano Competition, Brevard Music Festival solo and concerto competitions, International Liszt Piano Competition for Young Pianists, and third prize at Minnesota Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. In spring 2021, she was also a finalist Concours Musical International De Montreal.

Ying has performed with many orchestras including her most recent debut at Teatro Alla Scala in Milan with L’Accademia Orchestra del La Scala and Maestro Toshiyuki Kamioka. She has also appeared on the family concert series with The Philadelphia Orchestra with Maestra Lina Gonzalez-Granados, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra with Maestra Xian Zhang, Brevard Music Festival Orchestra with Maestro Ken Lam, and Longwood Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Ronald Feldman. As an avid chamber musician, Ying has appeared at prestigious chamber music festivals around the world including Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland, Ravinia’s Steans Institute in Chicago, La Jolla Music Society in San Diego, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Detroit, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut.

Highlights of Ying’s 21-22 season includes a Mozart Concerto tour in Germany with Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and Chief Conductor Jonathon Heyward, and debut CD album in Berlin under the label of Universal Music.