Ang Li, Piano

Biography

Pianist Ang Li’s extensive repertoire ranges from early Baroque to contemporary piano music.  Hailed as “a most accomplished pianist” by the Indaily Australia and “a revelation” by La Press Montréal, Ang Li made her first public appearance at Beijing Concert Hall at age six. At thirteen, she made her orchestral debut with the Little Orchestra Society of New York at Avery Fisher Hall. In 2007, Ms. Li was invited by The China National Center for the Performing Arts to replace pianist Yundi Li in the performance of the Ravel Piano Concerto in G major with the China National Symphony Orchestra.

She has also performed with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Staten Island Symphony, the Lanaudière Music Festival Orchestra, China National Symphony, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, American Academy of Conducting Orchestra, and Manhattan School of Music Repertory Orchestra. 

Ang Li has toured five continents: North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York, National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ruïnekerk of Bergen in the Netherlands, Hong Kong City Hall, and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, among others. 

As an advocate of contemporary classical music, Ang Li regularly features new works in her programs. For her 2011 Carnegie Hall debut, Li commissioned and premiered the Canadian-American composer, Jared Miller's newest piano work, Souvenirs d'Europe. Recently, the piece won the coveted ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award. Ang Li also gave the US premiere of Jerome Blais' work: Es ist genug!, as well as the India, Hong Kong, mainland China and Scotland premieres of Alexina Louie's Memories In An Ancient Garden.

Ms. Li has been featured on The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WQXR, China Central Television, WBJC, CKWR FM's Women in Music, and Classical 96.3 FM where she was voted one of the highlights from the best Classical 96.3 “Concert Lobby” performances of 2010. She has recorded for Contemporary Record Society, The Van Cliburn Foundation, and China Record Corporation.

Ms. Li holds a Bachelor’s Degree from The Curtis Institute of Music, a Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School and an Artist Diploma from Texas Christian University. Ang Li is a Steinway Artist.