Bihan Li

Bihan Li is a Chinese violinist who has made her mark on the world stage as a soloist, concertmaster, and chamber musician. Her talent has been lauded with top honors at international competitions. Notably, she has graced venues like Carnegie Hall and the United Nations Headquarters as well as Fontainebleau Castle with her performances, and she has been a part of prestigious collaborations, including with Yuja Wang, Jaime Laredo, Zhou Long, etc.  

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Li’s chamber music expertise is highlighted by her Prix Ravel award and the prize for the Best Interpretation of the Ravel Quartet granted by Fontainebleau Castle and Fondation Maurice Ravel in 2018, and she has been a driving force in acclaimed quartet performances. In 2019, she joined Dawn Upshaw’s concert at National Sawdust as a collaborative violinist, premiering composer Susan Botti’s Italian Folk Songs. In 2016, she was featured in a Mendelssohn Octet performance with her colleagues at the National Theatre of Cuba.  

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Her orchestral leadership was showcased during her tenure as concertmaster with NYO-China in 2017 at Carnegie Hall under the baton of Ludovic Morlot. The same year, Bihan was appointed as the concertmaster of the Bard Conservatory Orchestra under Maestros Leon Botstein and Jean-Marie Zeitouni. In 2019, she joined New York String Orchestra Seminar under maestro Jaime Laredo and the Juilliard Orchestra under maestros Jeffrey Milarsky and David Robertson.  

Bihan holds a Master of Music Degree from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of  Ronald Copes. She completed her double degrees in Violin Performance and Asian Studies as a full-ride scholarship recipient at Bard Conservatory of music, studying with Weigang Li and Laurie Smukler. Currently a doctoral candidate at the Manhattan School of Music, she is under the tutelage of Nicholas Mann, honing her craft further.