Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Summer FREE Concert @ NEC 2026 夏日系列音樂會 at New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts  Aug 6 to 22, 2026 All concerts Admission Free, suggested donation $10 at door Age 6 and under not admitted

Isabella Li Lao is an internationally acclaimed young violinist and a passionate ambassador for bringing Chinese compositions to the world stage. She serves on the faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and previously taught at the prestigious Reina Sofía School of Music in Spain.

A child prodigy, she made his solo debut at the Great Hall of the People at the age of nine and, just four years later, performed Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra. At sixteen, she broke new ground in China by performing two full violin concertos—Brahms and Mendelssohn—in a single concert, an achievement that drew wide attention.

 Her artistry has since carried him across four continents and more than fifty countries, gracing the world’s most revered stages: the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Carnegie Hall in New York, the United Nations Headquarters, the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, Madrid’s Teatro Real, and Boston Symphony Hall, among many others. She has performed at Windsor Castle at the invitation of the British royal family and appeared at the Spanish Royal Palace under the baton of legendary conductor Zubin Mehta. Her work has been profiled by major outlets in China, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, with in-depth features in China Daily, China Youth Daily, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts Magazine. She has also been a frequent guest on national broadcasts, including CCTV’s Spring Festival galas and cultural programs.

Isabella Li Lao’s playing has been described by American violin pedagogue Donald Weilerstein as “delicate and deeply moving, full of imagination, radiating the warmth of sunlight.” As a soloist, she has collaborated with leading orchestras such as the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic, the Belgorod Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the China Symphony Orchestra Alliance, and the Shanghai Philharmonic.  She has appeared with distinguished conductors including Zubin Mehta, Shui Lan, Hans Graf, Benjamin Zander, Chen Xieyang, Zhang Guoyong, Chen Lin, and composer-conductors Tan Dun and Bright Sheng.

勞黎簡介

國際知名青年小提琴演奏家，推動中國作品走向世界的實踐者。現任教於中央音樂學院管弦系，曾任教於西班牙索菲亞女皇音樂學院。

9歲登台人民大會堂獨奏；13歲與北京交響樂團合作，擔任孟德爾頌《小提琴協奏曲》獨奏。 16歲在中國開創一場音樂會演奏兩首小提琴協奏曲的先河，成功演繹了布拉姆斯和孟德爾頌兩首協奏曲。

演出足跡遍佈世界四大洲，50多個國家及城市，如：中國國家大劇院、美國卡內基音樂廳、美國紐約聯合國總部會議大廳、俄羅斯聖彼得堡音樂廳、西班牙馬德里皇家歌劇院、美國波士頓交響樂大廳等。曾應英國皇室邀請在溫莎城堡進行一系列的演出和講學。曾在指揮大師祖賓·梅塔的帶領下在西班牙皇宮演出。中國、美國、俄羅斯、烏克蘭及英國媒體均曾對勞黎報道。 《中國日報》《中國青年報》《國家大劇院雜誌》等多家官方媒體對勞黎進行人物專訪。勞黎曾多次以特別嘉賓身分錄製中央廣播電視總台春節特別節目和大型文藝晚會節目。

美國小提琴教育家唐納維德·維勒斯坦描述勞黎的演奏，“琴聲細膩感⼈，充滿想像⼒，充滿了陽光般的溫暖。”

身為獨奏家，曾與許多國內外著名樂團合作。如：捷克國家交響樂團、波士頓愛樂樂團、俄羅斯別爾哥羅德交響樂團、中國交響樂團聯合樂團、上海愛樂樂團等。合作過的著名指揮家有：祖賓‧梅塔、水藍、漢斯‧格拉芙、班傑明‧詹德、馬克西姆‧文格洛夫、鄭小瑛、陳燮陽、卞祖善、張國勇、陳琳等；作曲家-指揮家： 譚盾、盛宗亮。
 
Dina Vainshtein, pianist 
https://www.dinavainshtein.com

“An extraordinary collaborator. She is an extremely fine musician and one of the most empathetic, dynamic, and supportive chamber players I know.” 
- Donald Weilerstein

“The perfect partnership; [she is] the ultimate professional.” 
- Benjamin Zander

Pianist Dina Vainshtein collaborates with some of the most promising musicians of our time. Now based in Boston, she is the daughter of two pianists, and studied with Boris Berlin and Arthur Aksenov at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow. At the 1998 International Tchaikovsky Competition, she received the Special Prize for the Best Collaborative Pianist.

She came to the United States in 2000 to attend the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she worked with Vivian Hornik Weilerstein and Donald Weilerstein. She soon found numerous performing opportunities in the US, from Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall in New York City, to the Caramoor Festival, Music at Menlo, the Ravinia Festival, the Music Academy in the West at Santa Barbara, not to mention tours of Japan, China, Europe, and Russia.

Bob McQuiston reviewed the recent Naxos release of Emile Sauret’s violin showpieces featuring Michi Wianko and Vainshtein: “She couldn’t have a better partner than Ms. Vainshtein, who plays the perfect supporting role in these fiddle-dominated pieces. More specifically, she exercises a perfect balancing act between artistic reserve during bravura violin passages as opposed to compelling dramatic assertiveness when the piano is spotlighted.” Vainshtein made another acclaimed Naxos recital disc with Frank Huang, the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic.

For nearly a decade, Vainshtein has been affiliated with the New England Conservatory. For many years she worked with Benjamin Zander in his renowned interpretation classes. Maestro Zander praised their collaboration as “the perfect partnership; [she is] the ultimate professional.

           



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