Pianist Che Li has performed with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, and the Mercury Orchestra at the New England Conservatory (Boston, Massachusetts). He has appeared as solo recitalist at the Wenzhou University School of Music, at the Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall in Shanghai, at the Hefei Grand Theater—as part of the “Yangtze River Delta New Shining Stars”series.
In 2024, Che won the second prize of the 2024 XV Chopin Piano Competition in Hartford, the first prize of the IX Krystian Tkaczewski International Piano Competition in Poland and the Special Liszt Price in 2024 San Francisco International Competition.
He has played at the PianoTexas International Festival and Academy, PianoSummer (New Paltz, New York), and the Cleveland International Music Festival.
He is a recent (2023) graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with HaeSun Paik and obtained a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. He is now pursuing a master’s degree with Alexander Korsantia at the New England Conservatory.
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