Tingfei Li

Tingfei Li.

Thanks to you, she’s learning from the best.

Tingfei Li grew up in Beijing, China. She showed an aptitude for the piano, so her parents provided piano teachers. Tingfei practiced dutifully, but she didn’t love playing. Then she saw the young Chinese piano virtuoso Yundi Li perform Liszt’s “La Campanella” on television. It was as if she’d been struck by lightning. She understood in that flash the infinite capacity in music for beauty and emotion.

Now she practices all day when she can and six hours on days when she has classes. Tingfei, whose promise won her a music department scholarship, studies with UB’s celebrated Eric Huebner, who has helped bring dynamism and emotional range to her playing.