Johnson Li started playing the piano at the age of four.
At the age of seven, he started studying at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and studied under Ms. Eleanor Wong.
Johnson has had the honor of performing with the London Philharmonia orchestra, Toronto Symphony orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic orchestra, China Philharmonic orchestra, Shanghai symphony orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony orchestra, and Shenzhen Symphony orchestra.
At the age of twelve, he toured Japan with the Chinese Philharmonic under the baton of Long Yu.
At the age of 13, he performed Beethoven’s first piano concerto under the baton of Christopher Eschenbach with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra.
At the age of 14, he worked with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra during a performance in “Swire Symphony Under The Stars” at the Central Harbourfront in Hong Kong, with an audience of more than 20,000 people. It was broadcast live on radio and television.
He has attended Kneisel hall for the summers of 2022, 2023, and 2024 and also served as a mentor for the Maine students program the first 2 years.
From 2023 to 2024, he has has been playing with his piano trio, the “Blue Hill Trio.”
Recently, he won the 2024 Munz Competition at Juilliard.
This past January (2025), he performed Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Guangzhou symphony orchestra.
He recently finished his undergraduate degree in piano performance under Mr. Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School, and will study with Mr. Boris Berman and Mr. Wei-Yi Yang for his Masters degree at Yale.
His former teachers were Mr. Zihua Chen and Ms. Eleanor Wong.