An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert
You are invited to a private recital by the award-winning pianist Ying Li in our home in New York City.
Saturday, April 26 — doors open at 7pm — recital starts 7:30pm — optional drinks and dessert reception with the pianist afterwards until about 10:00pm. For photos/videos of previous Lilacs events, see here.
To RSVP, go to the Eventbrite page here. As always, 100% of the proceeds will go to the pianist.
About Ying
Renowned for her “graceful, lyrical” playing (Cleveland Classical), twenty-four-year-old Chinese pianist, Ying Li was the first prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions.
Ying Li has performed with major orchestras (Philadelphia Orchestra, Accademia Teatro alla Scala, NWD Philharmonie, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Russische Kammerphilharmonie St. Petersburg) in prestigious concert venues (Teatro alla Scala, Verizon Hall/Kimmel Cultural Campus Philadelphia, Chicago Cultural Center, ACT Concert Hall Hamamatsu). As a chamber musician, she has performed at the Verbier Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, La Jolla Music Society and the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.
Recent recitals engagements include Sala Verdi in Milan, Hammerklavier International Piano Festival in Barcelona, Musica Insieme Bologna, Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna, Fazioli Pianoforti in Sacile, and the C. Bechstein Series at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Ying was also featured on WQXR’s “Eine-kleine Birthday-musik,” a free, all-Mozart live streamed concert from The Greene Space in New York City, to celebrate Mozart’s 266th birthday.
Ying began piano lessons at age five in China, and was a student at the Elementary School division of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, then she moved to Philadelphia in 2012, at age fourteen, to study at the Curtis Institute of Music. She completed her studies in 2021 with a master’s degree at the Juilliard School with Robert McDonald, and continues her studies with McDonald at The Juilliard School’s Artist Diploma Program.
The program
Schumann –
Arabesque in C major, Op. 18
The Symphonic Études, Op. 13
Albéniz – “Evocación” and “Triana” from suite Iberia
Ravel – La valse, M. 72