Accomplished Chinese-Australian pianist Angela Li was raised in an artistic family from Shanghai. Angela has been studying the piano since the age of four and during her formative years under the guidance of Professor Wu Le Yi and Professor Zhou Me Yu.
Angela obtained a Bachelor of Music degree and taught in the Shanghai Conservatorium of Music. Angela migrated to Melbourne in 1990 where she undertook postgraduate study majoring in Advanced Performing Arts (Piano) at the Victoria College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne University under the most eminent Australian pianist, Stephen McIntyre AM.
Angela has appeared at many recitals performing both solo and chamber music in China and Australia. Her playing style is recognised for its exquisite touch and tonal range. In 2019 Angela performed with MSO Artistic Ambassador, violin virtuoso Lu Siqing (a first prize winner of the prestigious Paganini competition) at the Melbourne Recital Centre. Angela has been praised by Lu Siqing as “a charming, delightful pianist, who plays with poetic grace and delicacy.” In early 2020, Angela performed Beethoven's Piano and Violin Sonata with MSO Concertmaster Sophie Rowell at Melbourne Recital Centre. In 2021, as soloist, she recorded and performed with the the MSO at Hamer Hall and Sidney Myer Music Bowl, praised by one critic with "Angela Li's Grande Polonaise Brillante by Chopin was clearly much anticipated given the applause she received the moment she stepped on stage. It reflects a complete mastery of craft." In 2022 she successfully performed a piano and violin recital with internationally acclaimed violinist Ning Feng, including works by Bach, Paganini, Debussy, Sarasate, and Rachmaninov.
Angela Li has been appointed as an Artist in Residence of Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University since 2020.
