‘Li-Wei drew the audience in with his artistry, his brilliant virtuosity and his very refined musicality and sincerity of interpretation’ was the description of the cellist following his performance at the 11th Tchaikovsky International Competition where he was awarded the Silver Medal. He also won the First Prize in the prestigious 2001 Naumburg Competition in New York.
Since then, Li-Wei Qin has appeared all over the world as a soloist and chamber musician, enjoying successful artistic collaborations with renowned ensembles such as the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, London Philharmonic, Prague Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, KBS Symphony, Sydney Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Deutsch Staatsphilharmonie, Shanghai Symphony, Korean Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica and the Munich, Zurich and Australian Chamber Orchestras.
In recital and chamber music, Li-Wei is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall, the BBC Proms and the City of London, Jerusalem, Rheingau and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Music Festivals, the Lincoln Centre Chamber Music Society, New York, the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville and Musica Viva. Li-Wei’s chamber music collaborators have included musicians such as Daniel Hope, Nobuko Imai, Mischa Maisky, David Finckel, Wu Han, Vladimir Mendelssohn and Peter Frankel.
Li-Wei Qin is an exclusive Universal Music China Artist and has recorded concertos with the Singapore Symphony and London Philharmonic orchestras. He has also recorded an acclaimed set of complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas for Decca.