Zihan Li

Age – 17

Country – China

Zihan Li began studying piano at the age of four with Liang Larisa from Russia. In 2021, she was admitted to the Piano Department of the Middle School affiliated with the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing, studying under Professor Lai Yupei. She is a laureate of multiple Chinese and international competitions. In 2019 at age ten, she won First Prize in the E. Timakin International Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow, and Second Prize in the Junior Age Group of Astana Piano Passion, an international competition for young pianists in Kazakhstan. In 2020, she won First Prize and Special Prize in the 10-14 age group of the first International Moscow Music Competition, and Second Prize in the junior group of the Kawai Asia Piano Competition. In 2021, she received a Finalist award in the Klenev Moscow International Piano Competition junior group, online. Awards in 2022 include Second Prize in the professional group of the Chopin International Youth Piano Competition, and First Prize in the professional youth group of the German Ronisch International Piano Competition. In 2024, she won Second Prize in the professional group of the Khachaturian International Youth Competition.

Zihan is an active participant in music festivals including the Poland Arthur International Music Festival, the 16th Summer Music Festival in Ürzern, Germany, and the Oberlin School of Music Piano Arts Festival in 2025. She has taken master classes from Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron, Wojciech Świtała, Qifang Li, Bernd Goetzke, Hinrich Alpers, Ernest Barretta, Jeffrey Cohen and others.