George Li signed to Steinway & Sons artist roster

Steinway & Sons signs George Li to storied artist roster

Since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, George Li has rapidly established a major international reputation, performing regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Manfred Honeck, Vassily Petrenko, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Long Yu.

This month George Li adds the title of Steinway Artist to an extensive and growing collection of honors, a resume which already includes the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award, and the First Prize winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Officially welcomed to the Steinway & Sons family, Li now proudly joins the ranks of Steinway’s esteemed roster alongside such distinguished pianists as Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida, and Yuja Wang, as well as musical legends such as Vladimir Horowitz, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Arthur Rubinstein.

“George Li represents a new generation of pianism marked by a staggering virtuosity, lyrical sensitivity and refined elegance. Sought-after the world over for his commanding performances, he sets a new standard of musicianship and we are thrilled to have him join the roster of Steinway Artists,” said Ron Losby, CEO of Steinway Musical Instruments.

In February 2019, Li will embark on a 12-city U.S. tour with the GRAMMY Award-winning Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev. Performing Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, the tour will take them from coast to coast concluding in San Francisco with a performance at Davies Symphony Hall on March 03, 2019. For a complete list of RNO tour dates, visit www.georgelipianist.com/concerts.

About George Li

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, brilliant virtuosity and poised authority far beyond his years. Recent and upcoming concerto highlights include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, DSO Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lyon, Sydney Symphony and St. Petersburg Philharmonic. This season marks debuts with the London Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Tokyo Symphony and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, as well as an 11-city recital tour of China. He frequently appears with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, including 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 performs at venues including Carnegie Hall, Davies Hall in San Francisco, the Mariinsky Theatre, Munich’s Gasteig, the Louvre, Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo’s Asahi Hall and Musashino Hall, NCPA Beijing, Shanghai Poly Theater and Amici della Musica Firenze, as well as appearances at major festivals including the Edinburgh International Festival, Ravinia Festival, Festival de Pâques in the Aix-en-Provence Festival, and Montreux Festival.

Li gave his first public performance at Boston’s Steinway Hall at the age of ten and in 2011, and performed for President Obama at the White House in an evening honoring Chancellor Angela Merkel. In summer 2018, Li graduated from the Harvard University / New England Conservatory joint program, where he studied with Wha Kyung Byun. Li is an exclusive Warner Classics recording artist, with his debut recital album released in October 2017 which was recorded live from the Mariinsky. George Li is represented in North America by Opus 3 Artists. For more information, visit www.georgelipianist.com.

About Steinway & Sons

Since 1853, Steinway has set an uncompromising standard for sound, touch, and beauty. Because of a dedication to continuous improvement, today’s Steinway remains the choice of 9 out of 10 concert artists, and it is the preferred piano of countless musicians, professional and amateur, throughout the world. For more information, visit www.steinway.com.

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