鋼琴／李威龍
Piano: Wei-Lung Li

鋼琴家李威龍於1995年負笈美國深造，以評審團一致通過的優異表現，進入美國琵琶第音樂院攻讀鋼琴演奏碩士，接受Boris Slutsky 及Julian Martin的指導，同時隨小提琴家Victor Danchenko及大提琴家Thomas Krainis學習室內樂。

1998年獲明尼蘇達大學全額獎學金攻讀鋼琴演奏博士，受教於鋼琴巨匠Alexander Goldenweiser 和Theodore Gutman之嫡傳弟子Alexander Braginsky 並隨小提琴家Sally O’Reilly及大提琴家Tanya Remenikova研習室內樂，在校期間破例兩度獲選為Liberace Scholar，多次受邀於Saint Paul Landmark Center及Ultan Recital Hall 舉行鋼琴獨奏會，且獲邀錄製 “Music de Camera”電視節目，在全美多個電視台中播出。

2001年獲得音樂藝術博士文憑旋即返國專任於國立臺南藝術大學音樂學系，並曾兼任音樂學系主任及鋼琴合作藝術研究所所長，返國近二十年所指導學生屢獲國內外比賽大獎，也受邀任教於 Amalfi music and arts festival 及Music Fest PERUGIA等國際鋼琴音樂節。除教學外更是頻繁獲邀參與各型式之展演活動，包含獨奏、室內樂及協奏曲等，於國家音樂廳及國內外重要音樂廳中演出。

Taiwanese pianist Wei-Lung Li was a recipient for two consecutive years as Liberace Scholar from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Li has distinguished himself in his native country by winning many piano competitions since he was young. He has performed internationally as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician and has made appearances at prestigious concert halls throughout Taiwan, Singapore, China and Indonesia. His performances have frequently been featured on National Public TV in Taiwan and Music de Camera in the US.

​Dr. Li was awarded full scholarship to study under Alexander Goldenweiser and Alexander Braginsky at the University of Minnesota where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance in 1998. Prior to that, he studied under Boris Slutsky; received his Master’s degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.  Additional chamber music teachers included Violinist, Victor Danchenko and Sally O’Reilly; Cellists Thomas Kraine and Tanya Remenikova.

​Much sought for his commitment in teaching, master classes and as an adjudicator, Dr. Li was nominated for Excellence Teaching Award by the Tainan National University of the Arts. Many of his students has frequently been awarded first prize in numerous competitions, including the Taiwan’s Yamaha Piano Competition, Hsin Tian Kong Piano Competition, The International Music Competition of Vienna, National Student Competition of Music in Taiwan, the 16th Young Musicians International Competition “Città di Barletta” in Italy, 2012 The Asia Piano Competition in Malaysia. His students have been accepted to music schools and conservatories worldwide including the Julliard School, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Ecole normale de musique de Paris and Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris.

​​Dr. Li served as chair of music department and director of the Graduate Institute of Collaborative Piano of the Tainan National University of the Arts and has been on the piano faculty for fifteen years as a full-time Associate Professor at the Tainan National University of the Arts. He and his pianist wife Chun-Ju Yen perform as piano duo regularly in Taiwan.

2021/22