Miao Li

 MIAO LI, violin, began her violin studies at the age of seven in Nanjing, China and was the winner of numerous competitions in China.  She was the winner of the Starling Violin Scholarship Competition at University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music in 2002 and 2004. As the winner of the 2004 CCM Violin Competition, she appeared with the CCM Concert Orchestra performing Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major.  From 2006-2007 Ms. Li played with Siddhartha Piano Quartet (http://homepages.uc.edu/~ronstamg/siddhartha/index.htm) with major performances at Corbett Auditorium in Cincinnati and Greaves Concert Hall in Kentucky.  In 2005 she co-founded the Eden Project, a chamber group that performs with Cincinnati Arts Association's Artists on Tour program, presenting diversity in music for students in grades 4-12 in the Greater Cincinnati area (http://cincinnatiarts.org/diversityinmusic).  Her piano quartet won the 2005 CCM Chamber Music Competition and was given the chance to perform Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time in May of 2005. During 2006-07 Ms. Li served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Prof. Kurt Sassmannshaus and String Chamber Music Program Coordinator at CCM. Currently, Ms. Li teaches music appreciation classes at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College while teaching the violin at Northern Kentucky University Music Preparatory Department and Slater Music Academy in Kentucky. Ms. Li received her BM from the State University of New York at Purchase and MM from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. In 2003, Ms. Li was a winner of the Virtu Foundation Instrument Scholarship and plays on an 1853 French violin by Charles Adolphe Maucotel.