Chinese pianist Jiarong Li is committed to continual artistic growth while maintaining sincerity in her music-making. Following her passion, she is an active and experienced collaborative pianist based in New Haven and New York City. Jiarong currently serves as a Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Yale School of Music, where she provides piano collaboration for recitals, master classes, lessons, rehearsals, and studio classes. She worked closely with renowned faculty such as Augustin Hadelich, Ani Kavafian, Tai Murray, Soovin Kim, Ettore Causa, Paul Watkins, Tara Helen O'Connor, Frank Morelli, and offers advice to students during rehearsals. She spent summers as a Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Music Academy of the West and the Bowdoin Music Festival, and was the staff accompanist for the Puerto Piano & Strings International Music Festival in 2023. Additionally, she was a collaborative pianist for the 2023 Concours musical international de Montréal and performed with the winner of the 2023 Concert Artists Guild Audition.

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Jiarong values her opportunities to perform chamber music and participated in the Toronto Summer Music Festival as a Chamber Music Institute Fellow, where she performed alongside mentors such as Andrew Wan, Joseph Spacek, Milena Pajero-Van de Stadt, and Austin Hartman. She has also performed at the Grace Note Farm Chamber Music Festival for three summers, and had chance performed with mentor Joseph Lin.

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Jiarong has been featured as a pianist in numerous performances, including the contemporary opera Oedipus in the District at The Tank, Chamber Music Live Presents at Queens College, the opening concert of the Modern Art Meets Chamber Music series at Stride Arts Gallery, Metropolis Ensemble, CelloBello Masterclasses, and the Piano on Park Concert Series. She regularly performs recitals for Sacred Music at Columbia University and Music at the Farm at Grace Note Farm Music. 

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Jiarong has won several awards, including first prize at the Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy Competition, the New England Conservatory Honors Competition, the International Music Competition for Best Schubert Performance, and the Distinction Award at the Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition. She was also a finalist at the New England Conservatory Piano Concerto Competition and a semi-finalist at the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts International Concerto Competition.

 

Currently, Jiarong is pursuing a Doctorate in Collaborative Piano with an assistantship at the Manhattan School of Music, where she studies under John Forconi. She holds a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the New England Conservatory and a Bachelor's degree from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she was admitted with first place honors. Her teachers and mentors include Pei-Shan Lee, Bruce Brubaker, Heasook Rhee, Lucie Robert, David Gaber, Xiang Zou, Yang Hu, and Xianyu Ke.

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In her free time, Jiarong enjoys exploring thrift stores and supports the concept of sustainable living.

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