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SUMMARY:George Li, piano
DESCRIPTION:“A bracing\, fearless account…Mr. Li’s playing combi
 ned youthful abandon with utter command.” – The New York Times\nP
 ROGRAM\nSCHUMANN:  Abegg Variations\, Op. 1  \nSCHUMANN:  David
 sbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David)\nDEBUSSY:  Images\,
  Book 1\nMUSSORGSKY:  Pictures at an Exhibition\nWith effortless gr
 ace\, poised authority\, and brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years
 \, pianist George Li performs a colorful solo program.  \nSince winn
 ing the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition
 \, Li has rapidly established a major international reputation and per
 forms regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras and cond
 uctors. Li gave his first public performance at Boston’s Steinway Ha
 ll at the age of ten\, and in 2011 performed for President Obama at th
 e White House in an evening honoring Chancellor Angela Merkel. Among L
 i’s many prizes\, he was the recipient of the 2016 Avery Fisher Care
 er Grant\, a recipient of the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award\, and th
 e First Prize winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International A
 uditions.\nPraised by the Washington Post for combining “staggerin
 g technical prowess\, a sense of command and depth of expression\,” 
 pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace\, poised authority\, a
 nd brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. Since winning the Silver
  Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition\, Li has rapi
 dly established a major international reputation and performs regularl
 y with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors\, such 
 as Dudamel\, Gaffigan\, Gergiev\, Gimeno\, Honeck\, Orozco-Estrada\, P
 etrenko\, Robertson\, Pintscher\, Slatkin\, Temirkanov\, Tilson Thomas
 \, Long Yu\, and Xian Zhang. 
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