Richard Li

Music Teacher, Independent Musician
  • Founder of the Violin Magic Academy
  • Teaching Assistant to Violinist Augustin Hadelich  
  • Independent Musician


Education and Professional Experience:

- Holds dual master's degrees from the Yale School of Music, Yale University.  
- Recipient of the "Broadus Erle Prize" for Outstanding Performance in 2021.  
- First graduate research assistant and teaching assistant under the renowned violinist Augustin Hadelich at Yale University.  
- Former violin teaching assistant at the University of Tennessee, where he performed Sibelius' Violin Concerto as a soloist with the university orchestra and founded the Synergy String Quartet.  
- During his time in the United States, he studied improvisational playing and explored various musical styles, including jazz, blues, bluegrass, and funk.


Professional Development and Contributions:

- From 2017 to 2020, he was selected for four consecutive years to participate in the YMCG Guangdong International Youth Music Week, where he studied with mentors such as Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble leader Mike Block. He focused on teamwork, innovative program arrangement, improvisational playing, and music theory, and rethought the significance of music education and performance innovation from a social value perspective.  
- After returning to his home country, he created the WeChat public account "Violin Magic Department," which has garnered over 17,000 subscribers. He also shares teaching tips, live performance videos, and original works on platforms such as Douyin, Bilibili, WeChat Video Account, and Xiaohongshu.  
- He launched the "Violin Magic Academy" series of online live courses, featuring improvisational violin playing as a specialty. He is dedicated to breaking free from traditional teaching constraints and enabling more children to enjoy and learn music in a joyful manner.