The Verbier Festival interviewed George as part of their Papercast Interview series, with a set of some very atypical questions.
Watch the interview and find out who George would invite to his dream dinner party, what he might do if he were king for a day, and which sound is most annoying to him.
George Li & Daniil Trifonov: Prokofiev Piano Concertos with Rotterdam Philharmonic at the Gergiev Festival
George Li and Daniil Trifonov perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto Nos 1 and 3 with Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Valery Gergiev at the Gergiev Festival across two concerts on 10 September 2016. The concerts see Prokofiev’s five Piano Concertos performed in one day by a number of soloists.
Both Trifonov and Li are regular soloists with Gergiev; in February 2016, both
Intermusica at the Grafenegg Festival 2016
George Li, Valentina Naforniţa and Renaud Capuçon all perform at Grafenegg Festival this summer, while composers Brett Dean and HK Gruber join the jury of the festival’s composer workshop concert, and Martyn Brabbins supports the workshop participants.
On 4 September, George Li joins the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev as soloist in Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1. Later that day, Renaud
Leonidas Kavakos, Daniil Trifonov, James Ehnes & George Li at Septembre Musical Montreux
Leonidas Kavakos, Daniil Trifonov, James Ehnes & George Li all perform at Montreux’s Septembre Musical in September.
Both Kavakos and Trifonov join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Charles Dutoit. Kavakos plays the Brahms Violin Concerto on 27 August, and Trifonov is soloist for Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 the following evening, 28 August.
James Ehnes and
Listen to George Li’s Edinburgh International Festival debut
George Li made his debut at the Edinburgh International Festival debut on 10 August with a solo recital of Haydn, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt at the Queen’s Hall. The performance was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 live – you can listen again online on the BBC website. The broadcast will be available until 10 September.
The Herald wrote of the
George Li is soloist in Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2 & Joshua Weilerstein makes his debut at Verbier Festival
George Li joins Joshua Weilerstein, making his Verbier Festival debut, and the Verbier Festival Orchestra at the Salle des Combins at 7pm on 6 August 2016.
The concerto is part of a French programme that also includes Bizet Symphony in C major and Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No.3 with soloist Joshua Bell.
The concert will be streamed live on Medici.tv.
Weilerstein