George Li 黎卓宇, piano
https://www.georgelipianist.com/about/

A bracing, fearless account…Mr. Li’s playing combined youthful abandon with utter command. 
- The New York Times

Praised by the Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,” pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, poised authority, and brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. Since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Li has rapidly established a major international reputation and performs regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, such as Dudamel, Gaffigan, Gergiev, Gimeno, Honeck, Orozco-Estrada, Petrenko, Robertson, Slatkin, Temirkanov, Tilson Thomas, Long Yu, and Xian Zhang.

Li’s 2023-24 season begins with with a recital at the Grand Teton Music Festival, followed by his debut with the Aula Simfonia in Jakarta, Indonesia and conductor Jahja Ling. He embarks on an extensive tour in China including recital and concerto performances in Kunming, Beijing, and Shanghai. In Europe, Li presents recital programs in Viersen, Baden, Elmau, and Stuttgart, and debuts with the Prague Philharmonia in Prague and Ljubljana. US performances include engagements with the Cincinnati and Milwaukee Symphonies, Florida Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and Chicago Sinfonietta, as well as solo recitals across the country from California to Florida. A committed collaborator, George returns to the ECHO series in El Cajon, CA with the Dover Quartet and San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall with violinist Stella Chen.

Recent concerto highlights include performances with the Los Angeles, New York, London, Rotterdam, Oslo, St. Petersburg, and Buffalo Philharmonics; the San Francisco, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dallas, Tokyo, Frankfurt Radio, Sydney, Nashville, New Jersey, New World, North Carolina, Pacific, Valencia, Montreal, and Baltimore Symphonies; as well as the Philharmonia, DSO Berlin, Orchestra National de Lyon, and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège in Belgium. His eight-concert tour of Germany with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra included performances at the Berlin Philharmonie, Philharmonie am Gasteig Munich, and the Stuttgart Liederhalle. His collaboration with the Mariinsky Orchestra included performances at the Paris Philharmonie, Luxembourg Philharmonie, New York’s Brooklyn Academy of Music, Graffenegg Festival, and in various venues throughout Russia.

In recital, Li has previously performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Davies Hall in San Francisco, Symphony Center in Chicago, the Mariinsky Theatre, Elbphilharmonie, Munich’s Gasteig, the Louvre, Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo’s Asahi Hall and Musashino Hall, NCPA Beijing, Shanghai’s Poly Theater, and Amici della Musica Firenze, as well as appearances at major festivals, including the Edinburgh International Festival, Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival, Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence, and the Montreux Festival. An active chamber musician, Li has performed alongside Benjamin Beilman, Noah Bendix-Balgley, James Ehnes, Daniel Hope, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and Kian Soltani.

Li is an exclusive Warner Classics recording artist, with his debut recital album released in October 2017, which was recorded live from the Mariinsky. His second recording for the label features Liszt solo works and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1, which was recorded live with Vasily Petrenko and the London Philharmonic and released in October 2019. His third album with the label, which will include solo pieces by Schumann, Ravel, and Stravinsky, is scheduled for release in the spring of 2024.

Li gave his first public performance at Boston’s Steinway Hall at the age of ten, and in 2011 performed for President Obama at the White House in an evening honoring Chancellor Angela Merkel. Among Li’s many prizes, he was the recipient of the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a recipient of the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award, and the First Prize winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. George began his piano studies at age 4 with Dorothy Shi, before continuing with Wha Kyung Byun at New England Conservatory beginning at age 12. In 2019, he completed the Harvard/New England Conservatory dual degree program, with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a Master’s degree in Music. He subsequently graduated with an Artist Diploma at New England Conservatory in 2022. When not playing piano, George is an avid reader and photographer, as well as a sports fanatic.

钢琴家：黎卓宇

钢琴家黎卓宇不但具有超凡的演奏技巧, 他对音乐的深刻洞见更是远超其年龄, 《华盛顿邮报》盛赞他“技巧令人感到震撼, 演奏具有雷霆般的气势和极富深度的音乐解读”。黎卓宇曾在2015年获得了柴可夫斯基国际钢琴比赛的亚军, 并于2016年获得了艾弗里·费舍尔音乐职业生涯大奖。

黎卓宇频繁受邀与世界著名乐团及指挥大师合作, 近年的重要合作包括：杜达梅尔与洛杉矶爱乐乐团、迈克尔·提尔森·托马斯(MTT)与旧金山交响乐团、曼弗雷德·霍内克与汉堡爱乐乐团、贾德里亚·诺赛达与伦敦交响乐团(亚洲巡演)、尤里·特米尔卡诺夫与圣彼得堡爱乐乐团、余隆与英国爱乐乐团, 以及奥斯陆爱乐乐团、里昂国立管弦乐团、鹿特丹爱乐乐团、马尔默交响乐团、韦尔比耶节日乐团、柏林德意志交响乐团、西雅图交响乐团、犹他交响乐团、悉尼交响乐团以及法兰克福广播交响乐团等著名乐团。他多次与捷杰耶夫以及马林斯基交响乐团巡演, 在包括巴黎爱乐大厅、卢森堡爱乐音乐厅、纽约布鲁克林音乐学院、格拉芬埃格音乐节以及俄罗斯多个城市的音乐厅与剧院登台演奏。2019年9月, 他与张弦指挥的国家大剧院管弦乐团合作, 先后演出莫扎特《第二十三钢琴协奏曲》及普罗科菲耶夫《第三钢琴协奏曲》。 2019年, 黎卓宇与俄罗斯国家乐团和米凯尔. 普列涅夫指挥一起在美国多个城市巡演, 演奏拉赫曼尼诺夫第二钢琴协奏曲。2020年, 他莫斯科爱乐乐团和指挥尤里.西蒙诺夫在徳国巡回演出拉赫曼尼诺夫第三钢琴协奏曲。

黎卓宇近期也在许多世界著名的音乐厅及剧院举行独奏音乐会, 其中包括卡内基音乐厅、旧金山戴维斯音乐厅、马林斯基剧院、慕尼黑嘉斯台音乐厅、巴黎卢浮宫、首尔艺术中心、东京朝日音乐厅、武藏野音乐厅、北京音乐厅、星海音乐厅、Verbier 音乐节, 拉文尼亚音乐节、勒奴地耶音乐节、爱丁堡艺术节以及蒙特勒艺术节等。

黎卓宇同样活跃于室内乐领域之中, 与他合作演奏室内乐的音乐家包括詹姆士·艾涅斯、诺亚·本迪克斯-伯格利、Daniel Hope, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Pinchas Zukerman, 本杰明·贝尔曼、吉安·索尔坦尼、帕布洛·费尔兰德兹以及丹尼尔·拉扎克维奇等。

黎卓宇与华纳公司签约, 由该公司独家发行黎卓宇的唱片, 2017年10月黎卓宇的首张个人唱片将问世, 该唱片是他在马林斯基剧院独奏音乐会的现场录音並获得Opus Klassik Soloist Recording of the Year (2018)；2019年11月发行的最新专辑中, 收录了黎卓宇与瓦西里·彼得连科指挥的伦敦爱乐乐团合作的柴可夫斯基《第一钢琴协奏曲》以及李斯特的钢琴独奏作品。

黎卓宇十岁时在波士顿施坦威音乐厅登台完成了其个人首次公演。2011年, 黎卓宇受邀在白宫为美国前总统奥巴马以及德国总理默克尔演奏。他曾获得过刴极具分量的奖项, 其中包括2010年YCA计划的首奖、2012年吉尔莫青年艺术家大奖等。黎卓宇从四岁开始在杨镜钏老师的指导下学习钢琴, 直到12岁。期间, 他得到过殷承宗的指导。从12岁开始, 他在卞和璟老师的指导下学习钢琴, 获得了Harvard/NEC joint program 的学士/硕士学位, 並且获得了新英格兰音乐学院的艺术家证书。