George Li is a Chinese-American pianist. He was born on August 24, 1995. He started learning piano at the age of four, and later studied with masters such as Yin Chengzong.
Not only does he have extraordinary playing skills, but his profound insight into music is far beyond his years. The Washington Post praised his "skills are shocking, and his performance is thunderous and extremely powerful." An in-depth musical interpretation." He was the runner-up in the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 2015 and received the Avery Fisher Musical Career Award in 2016.
He is frequently invited to collaborate with world-famous orchestras and conductors. Recent important collaborations include: Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Mann Fred Honeck and the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Jadriya Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra (Asia Tour), Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yu Long and the British Philharmonic Orchestra , as well as the Oslo Philharmonic, the Orchester National de Lyon, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Malm? Symphony Orchestra, the Verbier Festival Orchestra, the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra Berlin, the Seattle Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. and other famous bands. He has toured with Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra many times, including at the Paris Philharmonic Hall, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, the Grafenegger Music Festival, and concert halls in many Russian cities. Perform on stage with the theater.
He has also recently given solo recitals in many world-famous concert halls and theaters, including Carnegie Hall, Davis Concert Hall in San Francisco, Mariinsky Theater, and Munich Just Music Hall, Louvre Museum in Paris, Seoul Arts Center, Asahi Concert Hall in Tokyo, Musashino Concert Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Lavinia Music Festival, Lenudier Music Festival, Edinburgh Art Festival and Montreux Art Festival, etc.
He is also active in the field of chamber music, and has collaborated with musicians such as James Aines, Noah Bendix-Bergley, and Benjamin Bellman. , Gian Soltani, Pablo Fellandez and Daniel Razakovich, etc.
He signed a contract with Warner, which will exclusively distribute his records. His first solo record will be released in October 2017, which is the scene of his solo concert at the Mariinsky Theater recording.
He made his solo debut at Boston's Steinway Hall at the age of ten. In 2011, he was invited to perform at the White House for former US President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He has received many prestigious awards, including the first prize of the YCA program in 2010, the Gilmore Young Artist Award in 2012, etc. He is currently enrolled in an educational program jointly established by Harvard University and the New England Conservatory of Music, and is studying piano with Byun Hwa-kyung.