Praised by the New York Concert Review as having “played with astonishing maturity and flair,” Dr. Er-Hsuan Li is a highly accomplished pianist. A native of Taiwan, Li has performed across Europe, Asia, and the United States on the stages of renowned venues including Carnegie Hall, Harris Theater in Chicago, Mozarteum in Salzburg, and the Taiwan National Concert Hall. He attained a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance at the University of Colorado Boulder, a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. He currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University. In recent years, Li has taught several masterclasses including at Montana State University, and the Festival de Perfeccionamiento Pianístico in Xalapa, Mexico. Li is an esteemed saxophone accompaniment specialist, who has performed in multiple faculty and guest recitals, including Montana State University, Tennessee State University, Austin Peay State University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and Oklahoma Christian University. He has also presented and performed at the biennial conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance at the University of Southern Mississippi and at Oklahoma State University. Li specializes in contemporary music and has premiered numerous new works as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and ensemble keyboardist. His most notable experiences include working on Boulez’s Douze Notations with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, performing Steve Reich’s City Life, Tehillim, and Clapping Music, alongside Reich himself, and receiving coaching from Chinese Canadian composer Alexina Louie on her well-known work - Scenes From A Jade Terrace. This season, Li’s professional engagements will bring him to Xalapa, Mexico as faculty for the Séptimo Festival de Perfeccionamiento Pianístico for the third consecutive year, serve as a competition staff collaborative pianist for the International Horn Competition of America, present a lecture at the annual conference of Colorado State Music Teachers Association at Colorado State University-Pueblo, and will professionally record John
Clay Allen’s Piano Concerto “The Stone Harp” with Boulder Symphony under the baton of maestro Devin Hughes.