2010 is the Milestone Year for Pianist George Li. In July, George
performed Chopin Concerto No. 1 with the Cleveland Orchestra and won the
first prize in the Cooper International Piano Competition 2010; a prize
includes 4-year scholarship in Oberlin Conservatory and performances in
Beijing and Shanghai, China. In November, George Li won the first prize
in the Young Concert Artist International Competition.
Born in
August 1995, George Li is a 10th grade (15 years old) student of Walnut
Hill School and the New England Conservatory (NEC) Preparatory School,
where he studies piano with Ms. Wha Kyung Byun. George’s previous piano
teachers include Mrs. Dorothy Shi and Mr. Yin Chengzong.
Since
his first public performance at Boston Steinway Hall at nine years old,
George is gaining significant attention as a recitalist, chamber
musician, and soloist with orchestra. George has appeared at the opening
ceremony of Boston’s new Institute of Contemporary Art, at the
inauguration of President Tony Woodcock at New England Conservatory,
solo recital at Boston’s Steinway Hall, and performed with the Cleveland
Orchestra at Severance Hall. He also played at New York’s Carnegie Hall
in the new TV series produced by the popular NPR radio show, From the
Top. In addition, he has been featured on WBZ-TV’s Liz Walker Show and
ABC’s Martha Stewart Show. George was presented by the Hilton Head
International Piano Competition and by the Gina Bachauer International
Piano Competition to perform solo recitals.
As an active chamber
musician, George is the pianist of New England Conservatory’s Vivace
Trio. The Trio has performed on From the Top’s radio series, at the
NEC’s annual gala, Feast of Music. The ensemble also performed for
members of US Congress at Senate Office Building, Washington D.C., as
well as for NPR at WGBH.
George has performed Haydn Concerto #11,
Beethoven Concerto #1, Saint Saens Concerto #2, Mendelssohn Concerto
#1, Mozart Concerto #21, Schumann Concerto and Chopin Concerto #1 with
symphony orchestras. These orchestras include 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 Orchestra (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), and Orchestra "I Solisti
di Perugia" (Spoleto, Italy). George is also invited to perform
Rachmaninoff Concerto #2 with Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra (Arkady
Leytush conductor)
George won first prizes in MMTA piano
competition at the age of 6 and 7. George won second prizes in both the
Virginia Waring International Piano Competition and the World Piano
Competition at the age of nine. In 2008, George won the second prize in
the Gina Bachauer International Piano Junior Artist Competition. In
2010, George won the first prize in the Cooper International Piano
Competition in July; George also won the first prize in the Young
Concert Artists International Competition in November.
Спасибо за прекрасную выкладку!!! Замечательно мальчонка играет!!! Четвертый Людвига Ивановича - тоже один из самых любимых!
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