An avid chamber musician, Ms. Li has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Miriam Fried, Donald Weilerstein, Lawrence Wolfe, and the Borromeo String Quartet, as well as participating in internationally renowned festivals including the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists.

Born in Beijing, China, Ms. Li immigrated to the United States at age 3 and received her first cello lessons from her father, Tien Sheng Li.  At the age of fourteen, she was accepted into the illustrious studio of Janos Starker at the Indiana University School of Music as his youngest student and subsequently graduated with an Artist Diploma.  She continued her studies with Paul Katz at Rice University, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree cum laude, and with Laurence Lesser at New England Conservatory, where she was awarded a Master of Music degree with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance.  She is a top prizewinner in the Corpus Christi International String Competition and the Irving M. Klein International String Competition.

Based in the Boston area, she can be heard performing with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). As a dedicated teacher and chamber musician, she was a former member of the Portland Piano Trio and worked with students through 240 Strings, an organization based in Portland, Maine, focused on musical education for students from diverse backgrounds. She is currently a faculty member at the New England Conservatory of Music’s Expanded Education, teaching chamber music and cello while maintaining an active private studio.