Christian Li (born 30 October 2007) is an

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violinist. In 2018, at the age of ten, he became the youngest to win the Junior Category of the

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Biography

Christian Li was born in Australia to Chinese parents. His mother, Katherine Liu, who is a first-generation immigrant from China, is an accountant. His father, George Li, a second-generation Chinese born and raised in the United States, is an electrical engineer. Christian Li attended Scotch College in Hawthorn, Melbourne until early 2022. He currently studies at the

Yehudi Menuhin School The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. The current director of music is the British classical pianist Ashley Wass. The school is one ...

. He began playing violin when he was 5 years old. As of 2020, he was studying music with Robin Wilson, head of violin at

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in Melbourne. In June 2013, when Li had been playing the violin for 8 months, he appeared in a Chinese television commercial playing his violin along with

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. In 2014, Li won first place in the Golden Beijing violin competition. In 2015, he placed first in the violin category of the Young Artist Semper Music International Competition in Italy. In 2018, he won the junior prize at the

, alongside Chloe Chua of

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. At age 10, he was the youngest winner in the history of the competition. In addition, he also won the Audience Prize and Composer Award in the Junior section. In 2016, he performed at

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as part of the American Protégé Showcase 10th Anniversary concert. He has performed with the

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, at the Gower Festival, the Harrogate International Festival, and the

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. In 2019, he suffered a nosebleed during a centre stage performance with the

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which did not stop him from finishing his performance without a break. In 2020 he signed with

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at the age of 12 and became the youngest musician to sign with the label; he released his first single the same year.

Discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual ceremony presented by

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(ARIA), which recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Christian 2007 births Living people Child classical musicians Australian classical violinists 21st-century classical violinists Australian people of Chinese descent Decca Records artists