Teng Li
{{Short description|Chinese-Canadian violist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Teng Li
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| birth_place = Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
| genre = Classical
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Viola
| website = {{URL|tengliviola.com}}
| label = Azica Records
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Teng Li (born in Nanjing, China) is a Chinese-Canadian violist. She is currently the principal violist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and holds the position of Artist Faculty in Viola at The Music Conservatory of Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts.{{Cite web |title=Teng Li |url=https://www.roosevelt.edu/profile/tli10 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.roosevelt.edu |language=en}} From 2018 to 2024, she was the principal violist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, following 14 seasons with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.{{Cite web |title=Teng Li {{!}} Chicago Symphony Orchestra |url=https://cso.org/about/performers/cso-musicians/strings/viola/teng-li/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Experience the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |language=en-us}} She is also the Artistic Director of Morningside Music Bridge and is a member of the Rosamunde String Quartet, led by Noah Bendix-Balgley.{{cite web |title= Teng Li|url= https://www.colburnschool.edu/faculty-listing/teng-li/ |website= Colburn School}}
Education
Li began the violin at five years old. In 1992, she entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and at the age of sixteen, was accepted to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she studied with Michael Tree, Joseph de Pasquale,{{cite web |title= Teng Li, viola - Philadelphia Chamber Music Society |url= https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/artist/teng-li-viola/ |website= Philadelphia Chamber Music Society}} and Karen Tuttle.
Career
Alongside solo appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Li has performed with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra, Santa Rosa Symphony, Shanghai Opera Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra, and Esprit Orchestra. Her performances have been broadcast on CBC Radio 2,CBC Radio 2 [http://music.cbc.ca/#!/genres/Classical/blogs/2015/6/First-Play-Teng-Li-1939 "CBC Music"], 2015. WQXR-FM (New York),WQXR [http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/berio-prokofiev-and-mozart/ "Website"], 2015. WHYY-FM (Pennsylvania), WFMT (Chicago), and the Bavarian Radio Symphony (Munich).
Li is also an active recitalist and chamber musician, regularly appearing at the Marlboro Music Festival,Marlboro Festival [https://www.marlboromusic.org/about/impact/orchestras/ "Official Website"], 2015 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival,Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival [https://www.santafechambermusic.com/artist-profile/teng-li-viola/ "Official Website"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925091542/https://www.santafechambermusic.com/artist-profile/teng-li-viola/ |date=2015-09-25 }}, 2015 Mostly Mozart Festival,NY Sun [http://www.nysun.com/arts/wrapping-up-mostly-mozart/84493/ "Article on Mostly Mozart"], 2015 Music from Angel Fire, Moritzburg Festival (Germany) and the Rising Stars Festival in Caramoor. She has performed with the Guarneri Quartet in New York,PCMS [https://www.pcmsconcerts.org/concerts/guarneri-quartet-w-teng-li-viola/ "Official Website"], 2015 at Carnegie Hall, and with the Chamber Music Society at 92nd Street Y. She was also featured with the Guarneri Quartet in their last season in 2009, and was also a member of the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two program.
In addition to her current position teaching at Chicago College of Performing Arts, Li teaches at the Sarasota Music Festival and Morningside Music Bridge and has held previous positions at the Colburn School, University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and Montreal’s Conservatoire de Musique.
Awards and Prizes
Li is a top prize winner at the ARD International Music Competition, Primrose International Viola Competition, the Irving M. Klein International String Competition and the Johanson International Competition for Young String Players. She was also a winner of the 2003 Astral National Auditions.Teng Li [http://www.tengliviola.com "Official Website"], 2015
Recordings
- 1939 – Teng Li, Benjamin Bowman, Meng-chieh Liu. Producers: David Jaeger, Teng Li, Ron Searles. Recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto. Label: Azica Records. June 2015iTunes [https://music.apple.com/id/album/1939/1002656791].
Sources
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External links
- {{official|http://www.tengliviola.com}}
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Category:Canadian classical violists
Category:Canadian women violists
Category:Chinese classical violists
Category:Chinese women violists
Category:Curtis Institute of Music alumni
Category:Musicians from Nanjing
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