Biography

Shu Li, DMA
- Assistant Professor of Piano, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD
- Artist Faculty, Omaha Conservatory of Music, Omaha, NE
- Board member of Dakota Sky International Piano Festival, Sioux Falls, SD
- Founder & President of International Music Exchange Association (I.M.E.A), Lawrence, KS
- Founder & Artist Director of Wuyishan International Piano Festival, Wuyishan, China

Shu Li currently serves as Assistant Professor of Piano in Augustana University in Sioux Falls, SD. Over the past few years, she has served as Artist Faculty in Omaha Conservatory of Music in Omaha, NE. Li received her Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance from The University of Kansas and her Master of Music degree in piano performance from Illinois State University, both with distinction.

Li has successfully organized many music events and festivals internationally. She founded and served as Artist Director of “Perpalette Wuyishan International Piano Festival” in Wuyishan, China in 2018, and invited world-renowned pianists to give sold-out recitals, masterclass, and workshop to international piano students in the festival. The highly successful festival was broadcast and live-streamed throughout eastern China. Also, Li founded International Music Exchange Association (IMEA) in 2010 and worked as president until 2015 to organize and participate for many large international music and culture exchange related activities, such as “Gulangyu 2011 Fall American Music Festival,” “KU International Music Exchange Fall 2012 China Tour,” “2015 Shanghai Spring International Music Festival” and other musical outreach programs.

Li is an active soloist and chamber musician who has performed throughout the United States, China, and Europe. The world premieres she performed include famous composer David Maslanka‘s David’s Book, A Carl Sandburg Reader, etc. Some of remarkable pieces were recorded by Albany Inc. in 2007-08 and released worldwide. Li’s world premiere performances with various symphony orchestra and opera have been highly-regarded. From a list of Li’s concert series, the most recent ones include concert tours and music festivals in China between 2010 -2012; performed as the soloist with Ashdod Symphonic Orchestra, Perugia, Italy in 2013; solo recitals through the Midwest US in 2014; Augustana Faculty Recital tour in South Dakota and Minnesota in 2015; and upcoming David Maslanka Piano Concerto No. 2 soloist with Augustana Wind Symphony in March, 2021. In addition, Li has won many honor and prize awards in piano competitions such as 2007's Aria Concerto competition, the First Prize winner of 2009’s Kansas Music Teachers Association Collegiate Artist Competition and many more.