Pianist Mizi Li began her musical studies at the age of five in her native city, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. As a young solo pianist, she performed at the 2010 Chopin Marathon Concert-Series held in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, and subsequently participated in many music festivals, including the 6th Beijing International Piano Festival, the 16th Season International Keyboard Institute & Festival in New York, 2013; the 2015 Krlovac Piano Festival in Croatia, the Mateus Music Academy 2015 in Portugal, and the 2016 Gilmore Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 2015, she was the winner of 2015 CCPA Solo Competition, and the second-place winner of the Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation 2015 Piano Competition, and in 2016, she performed Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand at the Harris Theater, in Chicago. Ms. Li holds degrees from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and the Chicago College of Performing Arts. Her principal teachers include Xian Zou, Winston Choi, and Edward Auer.

In 2021, Ms. Li was accepted into the DMA in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music degree program under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Harley. A much sought-after collaborative pianist and chamber musician, Ms. Li performed with Chinese violinist Yang Song in the first ever live-streamed TikTok recital hosted by the Shanghai Radio station ERC Classic FM 2. Since entering the DMA program, Ms. Li has been accepted into numerous summer festivals including the Songfest 2022 Collaborative Piano Program in San Francisco, the 2023 Toronto Summer Music Art of Song Program where she was a Vocal Fellow, the 2024 Art Song Lab in Winnipeg, the 2024 Source Song in Minneapolis, the 2024 Texas Chamber Music Institute, and the 2024 Wintergreen Music LEAD Cooperative Program, where she was one of two collaborative pianists. Ms. Li was the winner of the 2024 Songfest: The John Harbison American Song Prize.