BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:90@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20240424T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20240424T163000 DTSTAMP:20240708T205019Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/ying-li-shannon-lee/ SUMMARY:Ying Li/Shannon Lee DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n"graceful\, lyrical " - Cleveland Classical\n\n\n\nChines e pianist Ying Li is the First Prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Arti sts Susan Wadsworth International Auditions\, as well as recipient of The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize and the Tri-I Noon Recitals Pri ze. She has received top awards in numerous national and international com petitions including the inaugural Antonio Mormone International Prize\, Sa rasota Artist Series Piano Competition\, Brevard Music Festival\, Internat ional Liszt Piano Competition for Young Pianists\, and was a finalist at C oncours musical international de Montréal.\n\nYing has performed with man y leading orchestras such as The Philadelphia Orchestra\, New Jersey Symph ony\, Brevard Music Festival Orchestra\, L’Accademia Orchestra del La Sc ala\, and the NWD-Philharmoniker\, and with conductors such as Lina Gonzal ez-Granados\, Xian Zhang\, Eric Jacobsen\, and Jonathon Heyward.\n\nYing r ecently made her New York City recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel H all and her Washington\, DC debut at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theate r\, with additional US recitals this season at Pepperdine University in Ma libu\, Evergreen Museum &\; Library in Baltimore\, Sunday Musicale in N ew Jersey\, Southeastern Piano Festival\, and the Honest Brook Music Festi val.\n\nUpcoming and recent recitals also include Sala Verdi in Milan\, Ha mmerklavier International Piano Festival in Barcelona\, Musica Insieme Bol ogna\, Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna\, Fazioli Pianoforti in Sacile\, and th e C. Bechstein Series at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Ying was also featured on WQXR’s “Eine-kleine Birthday-musik\,” a free\, all-Mozart live s treamed concert from The Greene Space in New York City\, to celebrate Moza rt’s 266th birthday.\n\nAs an avid chamber musician\, Ying has appeared at prestigious festivals around the world including the Verbier Festival A cademy\, ClassicheFORME International Chamber Music festival in Lecce\, Ra vinia’s Steans Institute\, La Jolla Music Society\, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival\, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival\, the Artists Series Conce rts in Sarasota\, and the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival.\n\nYing be gan piano lessons at age five in China\, and was a student at the Elementa ry School division of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing\, then she moved to Philadelphia in 2012\, at age fourteen\, to study at the Curt is Institute of Music with Jonathan Biss and Seymour Lipkin. After receivi ng the Bachelor of Music degree at Curtis Institute in 2019\, she received her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School in New York with Rober t McDonald\, and continues her studies with McDonald at the Juilliard Scho ol’s Artist Diploma Program.\n\n \;\n\n“remarkable fire\, impeccab le intonation\, and big\, vibrant tone” - Gramophone\n\nViolinist Shanno n Lee has won prizes in several international competitions\, such as top p rize and audience award at the Sendai Competition in Japan\, 4th prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium\, co-winner in the 2020 Shangha i Isaac Stern Competition\, 2nd place at the Naumburg Competition in New Y ork City\, and Laureate/Ysaÿe Sonata prize at the Indianapolis Competitio n. Shannon also received generous support from the Sylva Gelber Foundation in Canada through their Award for career development. She has appeared as soloist with the Tokyo Symphony\, Antwerp Symphony\, Belgian National Orc hestra\, and New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Her festival appe arances as a chamber musician include Creative Dialogue France\, Krzyżowa -Music\, Music@Menlo\, Music From Angel Fire\, and Heifetz International M usic Institute\, where she was Artist-in-Residence and teaching assistant for Jan Mark Sloman. In 2016-17 she was a founding member of Bicycle Strin g Trio\, performing at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and Avaloch Farm Music Institute.\n\nBorn in Canada\, Shannon began playing the violin at age four in Plano\, Texas\, with Ann Grosshans and Paul Landefeld. In the following ten years she studied with Jan Mark Sloman\, then Principal Asso ciate Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and director of The I nstitute for Strings. She made her solo debut at the age of twelve with th e Dallas Symphony\, and two years later performed in Germany with Maestro Christof Perick and the Nuremberg Philharmonic. In 2008 she made her debut recording for Telarc International\, “Introducing Shannon Lee\,” feat uring 19th and 20th century works with pianist Pamela Mia Paul.\n\nShannon is currently based in the Netherlands as the artist certificate candidate at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Vera Beths. Previously she was i n the joint studio of Jaime Laredo and Jan Sloman at the Cleveland Institu te of Music\, where she was the recipient of the inaugural Mary Hamlin Mem orial Presidential Scholarship as well as the Starling Foundation Scholars hip. She was an Artist-in-Residence at Judson Manor from 2020-22\, curatin g and performing monthly recitals for their retired residents. In Philadel phia\, she received a diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music as a stud ent of Ida Kavafian and Arnold Steinhardt\, and completed a fellowship yea r of service teaching for Cramp Elementary School and the All-City Orchest ra. Shannon completed her Bachelor’s degree in computer science from Col umbia University while taking violin lessons with David Nadien\, formerly concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein.\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC. Franck/Bauer: Prelude\ , Fugue\, and Variations in B minor\nLiszt: Ballade no.2 in B minor\nRavel : La Valse\nZhang Zhao’s: Pi Huang\nYing Li\, Piano\n\nTelemann Violin F antasia in e minor\nShannon Lee\, Violin\n\nSchubert: Sonata for violin an d piano in A minor\nPoulenc: Sonata for violin and piano\nYing Li and Shan non Lee\nDouble the talent\, double the dazzle! The two young stars will l ight up the room with piano and violin virtuosity. The romance and excitem ent of the music will only be rivaled by these performers' high-wattage gl amour.\nPrograms are subject to change.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Get Tickets\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/07/ying-lishannon-lee.jpg?fit=680%2C385&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events LOCATION:St Leo Auditorium\, 28290 Beaumont Rd\, Bonita Springs\, Florida\, 34134\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=28290 Beaumont Rd\, Bonita Springs\, Florida\, 34134\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St Le o Auditorium:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240406T210000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:-06 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR