Ravel: Piano Concerto (I. Allegramente)

Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 (I. Molto allegro con fuoco  and II. Andante)

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G (III. Presto)

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G (II. Adagio assai)

The activities of Chinese-born pianist Weiyan Li range from early music on period keyboard instruments to premieres of works by living composers and from chamber music to concerto performances. After receiving her first musical instruction from her father, she began her performing career at the age of five. Since then, she has won fourth prize the KAWAI Asia Piano Competition at Hong Kong and various youth competitions, and her career has brought her to the Shanghai Symphonic Music Hall, the Chinese Theatre Hall in Chongqing, other venues in Beijing, Sichuan, and Hangzhou, and finally, the United States.

Ms. Li is currently in the first year doctoral studies in Piano Performance under major teacher Dr. José Ramón Méndez at the Pennsylvania State University, where she has performed in the Graduate Recognition Recital and won Honorable Mention in the Young Artist division of the 2015 PMTA/MTNA Performance Competitions.
 
Ms. Li also holds degrees in Piano Performance from Shanghai Conservatory of Music (B.Mus. under major teacher Youzhe Lou, 2012) and Ithaca College (Master of Musical Arts under major teachers Charis Dimaras, 2014). Her other major teachers have included Malcom Bilson (fortepiano); she has also received instruction from Richard Goode, Ilya Itin, Phiroze Mehta and Dmitri Novgorodsky. Notable accomplishments from these years include being named the first Chinese winner of the Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition at Ithaca College and the first Chinese performer to win this competition in two consecutive years, earning her opportunities to perform the Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major and Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in G Minor, as well as scholarships earned for her performances at the Shanghai Conservatory.
 
In addition to her performing activities, she is also an active writer and teacher. At Shanghai Conservatory, she was named an Outstanding Writer by the the Shanghai Education Newspaper and served as an editor of the Shanghai Conservatory Press. Her students have won prizes in various competitions and been accepted to study at Shanghai Conservatory.

Weiyan Li

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