George Li is a class act at the Tsinandali Festival

Von James Imam, 12 September 2019

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“no mere technical whizz but a player with depth and personality”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: House Museum of Alexander Chavchavadze, Tsinandali, am 9 September 2019

Haydn, Klaviersonate in Es-Dur, Hob XVI:52

Beethoven, Klaviersonate Nr. 14 in cis-Moll "Mondschein", Op.27 Nr.2

Chopin, Four Mazurkas, Op.24

Liszt, Réminiscences de Don Juan

George Li, Klavier

Narratives in motion: George Li at Caramoor

Edward Sava-Segal, 19th July

George Li's belief in storytelling shows in his Caramoor programme of Schumann, Ravel and Mussorgsky.

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A musical trip with Matthias Pintscher and the Kansas City Symphony

Hilary Stroh, 4th March

Matthias Pintscher revels in Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, once described as a “bath of ice, cocaine and rainbows”, while George Li plays Ravel.

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Marked by Schumann’s shadow: George Li at Zankel Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 9th December

George Li brings forward unexpected connections in masterly interpretations of works by Ravel and Stravinsky.

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Michael Tilson Thomas Makes His Montreal Debut

Ian Cochrane, 23rd May

Michael Tilson Thomas had a spectacular debut with Montreal's Orchestre Symphonique. George Li's performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 was breath-taking.

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A blaze of brassy glory in Vasily Petrenko's Walton 1

Chris Garlick, 27th March

Walton’s First Symphony from 1935 rounded off the evening in a blaze of brassy glory. Petrenko approached the work in a full-blooded fashion, which didn’t always hit the mark, but was ultimately thrilling.

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Petrenko’s Brahms reaches Alpine summits on the Mersey

Leighton Jones, 18th October

On reaching the second instalment of his Brahms cycle, Vasily Petrenko brings a fresh breath of alpine air to Liverpool, while George Li impresses in Rachmaninov’s ever popular Second Piano Concerto.

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.