Jiaxi
Li

Biography

Jiaxi Li is a concert pianist and educator who is passionate about sharing classical music with audiences around the world. She is the founder and artistic director of the Tianjin Haihe International Piano Concerto Music Festival in Tianjin, China, which provides students with the rare opportunity to collaborate with a professional symphony orchestra. She was awarded first place in the 5th Yangtze River Cup Asian Youth Piano Competition and the 6th International Youth Pianist Competition in Nagoya, Japan, and has won prizes in other major competitions including the Yamaha Asia Music Scholarship Competition, the Kawai Asian Piano Competition, the Steingraeber International Robert Schumann Competition for Young Pianists, and the Brahms International Piano Competition.

While attending the Secondary School of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, she was awarded the first prize scholarship for six consecutive years, which was an award exclusive to the top student of each graduating class. She was selected as a YAMAHA Young Artist in 2024 and a WIYAMS Young Artist in 2026. Jiaxi was invited to attend the Aspen Music Festival in 2024 and 2025, where she was selected as Arie Vardi's teaching assistant and performed alongside their world-renown piano faculty for Aspen's 75th anniversary celebration concert.

She is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Eastman School of Music, where she studies with Dr. Marina Lomazov and Dr. Joseph Rackers. She previously earned both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Eastman under the guidance of Dr. Lomazov.