Founded in 1963, the LSO has long been a cherished Lakeside tradition and a cornerstone of the community’s vibrant arts programming. More than 80 accomplished musicians from across the country live in residence each summer, many returning year after year, bringing extraordinary talent, deep dedication and a shared love of music to the Lakeside experience.
Intermission
Gershwin, George Concerto, Piano, F major
YING LI, PIANO
Chinese pianist Ying Li is a winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists’ Susan Wadsworth International Auditions as well as the recipient of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize and the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize. She has earned top awards at the Antonio Mormone International Prize, the Sarasota Artist Series Piano Competition and the International Liszt Piano Competition for Young Pianists and was a finalist at Concours musical international de Montréal.
She has performed with leading orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, L’Accademia Orchestra del La Scala, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland Pfalz and the Stuttgart Philharmonic, working with conductors Lina Gonzalez-Granados, Xian Zhang, Dan Ettinger, Eric Jacobsen, Jonathon Heyward, Dame Jane Glover and Leslie Suganandarajah.
Recent highlights include concerto appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Eugene Symphony, Aiken Symphony and the Salisbury Symphony, along with festival performances as a Bravo! Vail Piano Fellow, her debut at La Jolla SummerFest and a return to the Nantucket Musical Arts Society.
A dedicated chamber musician, Ying has performed at the Verbier Festival Academy, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival.
After earning her Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute in 2019, Ying completed both her Master of Music and Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Robert McDonald. Ying Li appears by arrangement with Young Concert Artists, Inc. yca.org
DANIEL MEYER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR
Daniel Meyer was named Music Director & Conductor of the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra in 2019.
