Dr. Matthew Ming Li
As music director, it is my goal to support and enrich the worship life of the congregation through thoughtful and meaningful choices of music that reflect the themes of liturgy and scripture readings. I seek to use music to create an atmosphere that invites reflection, prayer, and a deeper connection to the message of each service.
Biography
Matthew Li is an active pianist, chamber musician, arranger, and teacher based in Vancouver, Canada. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed on concert stages across Canada, the United States, and Europe, with performances praised by CBC Radio as “beautiful and magnificent.” He was a Britten-Pears Young Artist at the Aldeburgh Festival in Snape Maltings, UK, and is an alumnus of Bavarian Radio’s Musica Viva in Munich and the Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg.
Matthew holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Toronto, an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School, a Master of Music degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia. His principal teachers include Marietta Orlov, Emile Naoumoff, Arnaldo Cohen, Sara Davis Buechner, and Sheila Hardy.
Matthew served as Associate Instructor of Piano at Indiana University from 2008 to 2010 and as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Toronto from 2012 to 2016. In 2018, he joined the faculty of the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival as a collaborative pianist. He currently serves as pianist for the Männergesangverein Lyra Choir and as organist and pianist at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
Contact
If you would like to get in touch with me, please feel free to send me a message either via text or email. I am always open for new ideas, musical collaborations, or even just a chat!
Telephone: 778-686-3708