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George Li is the recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. The prize recognizes outstanding artistic talent and achievement in the composition or performance of music, drama, dance, or the visual arts. This prize honors the sum of a student’s artistic activities at Harvard.
A resident of Winthrop House concentrating in English enrolled in the Harvard/New England
Pianist George Li, silver medallist of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition,
signs to Warner Classics and releases his debut recording:
Live at the Mariinsky
Pianist George Li celebrates his newly-signed exclusive Warner Classics with his recording debut, the solo recital Live at the Mariinsky. The young American, winner of the silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow
George Li has been singled out for the 2017 Arthur Waser Prize by the Arthur Waser Foundation and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. The prize consists of a monetary award of CHF 25,000 and a debut with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra at the KKL Lucerne. The laureate concerts will take place on May 2 and 3, 2018 where he performs Rachmaninov
In the feature article “Artful balance” in the September edition of the Harvard Gazette, George talks about the challenges and rewards of being a Harvard student and international concert pianist.
“With his Chinese-American roots, George Li’s performing style reflects an international outlook, based on an innate understanding of the role classical music plays in different cultures. Stephen Wigler meets a young pianist with real audience appeal.”
George Li is featured in the “One to Watch” section of the September/October edition of International Piano.
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 is one of five recipients of a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant. The grants of $25,000 give professional assistance and recognition to talented instrumentalist who have great potential for solo careers.
“Musicians of outstanding ability are such an important part of our culture. But they are like flowers that must bloom at a particular time. They have to