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Zhexiang Li

February 02nd 2023

Zhexiang Li was named the “Best of Best” in the top-notch innovative talent program of Central Conservatory of Music. He currently studies under Professor Xinning Zhang, Rector of Teaching and Research Office of Piano Department of Central Conservatory of Music.  In 2016, he was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music Affiliated Primary School with excellent performance, and in 2019, he was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School with a First Place score on his entrance exam. In the field of chamber music, he has studied under Professor Gefang Yang, Director of the Chamber Music Teaching and Research Section of the Central Conservatory of Music.

Zhexiang has performed and held solo concerts in renowned concert halls and theaters around the world, such as Beijing, China Central Television, Macau, Manchester, London, Nagoya, Los Angeles, Kiev, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hefei, Ningbo, Chengdu, Zhuhai, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, and Qingdao. In addition, he has performed with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata Orchestra, Salzburg Soloist Chamber Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, Ningbo Symphony Orchestra, Inner Mongolia Symphony Orchestra, and the Cross-Strait Arts Youth United Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to winning many Chinese piano competitions for young pianists, Zhexiang also has been a prize winner for several international competitions, including Third Prize of the 5th Manchester International Piano Concerto Competition in 2017, Second Prize in the 2nd Zhuhai Mozart International Young Music Week Piano Group A in 2017, First Prize of the Junior Division in the 6th Nagoya International Young Pianist Competition in 2018, First Prize in the Junior Group of The 2nd Beijing International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition For Young Pianists in 2019, Best Performance of Polonaise Award, the Special Award of the Chopin Academy and the Special Award of the Mitzkiewicz Academy in 2019, and was a Finalist of the Junior Group in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in 2021.


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