Praised for her “first rate and thoroughly engaging” playing, violinist Dr. Li-Mei Liang’s performance was described as a “powerhouse” (Boston Musical Intelligencer). An active soloist and chamber musician, Li-Mei has performed across the U.S. and in Belgium, China, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Taiwan, appearing in renowned concert venues such as the Boston Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall in Boston, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Lotte Concert Hall in Korea, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Taiwan National Concert Hall, and Tokyo Opera City.
An active soloist and chamber musician, Li-Mei has performed with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and is also a core member of New York Classical Players. Her recent recording of the complete Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra as a soloist and guest concertmaster was released in 2025.
A passionate and committed educator in both music theory and violin practice, Li-Mei is a full time faculty member at the New England Conservatory, serving as a music theory faculty for the Music Literacy and Musicianship curriculum in the college division, as well as a violin instructor at the Preparatory School. She also teaches violin as an affiliated artist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In previous years, Li-Mei has served as a Lecturer in Violin and Chamber Music at the University of California, Irvine, a chamber music teacher for the Quad Chamber Music Program at Harvard University, as well as a private violin instructor at Arlington Public Schools. Li-Mei is also on faculty at the Heifetz International Music Institute, and has given masterclasses and served as guest instructor at reputable institutions and festivals, including Amherst College, Georgetown University, the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, University of Texas at Austin, and Greenwood Music Camp.
Grew up in Taiwan, Li-Mei graduated from the Affiliated High School of National Taiwan Normal University prior to completing her undergraduate and graduate studies at the New England Conservatory. She received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in violin performance, with a minor in music theory, at the same institution, writing an analytical thesis on Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin. Her mentors include Donald Weilerstein, Nicholas Kitchen, Efstratios Minakakis and Cheng-Tu Su.