“…Li-Cohen impresses as an artist of tremendous conviction, who fascinates even as she provokes…“
- Gramophone Magazine
THe New Yorker
“a thrillingly good pianist”
The Philadelphia INQUIRER
“...big, gorgeous tone and a mesmerizing touch”
Pianist magazine
“Li-Cohen is a real personality - she comes across as passionate, driven and resolute…”
Arts Knoxville
“Li-Cohen’s attention to expressive detail was stunning with melodic passages receiving an intense revealing of depth, and surprising twists and turns that kept the listener on the edge of his/her seat…”
Zhenni Li-Cohen is looking forward to her next recording project with Marin Alsop in collaboration with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. She has recently appeared as a soloist with ensembles such as the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the Knoxville, Fairbanks, Bucks County, Dominican Republic, Johns Hopkins and Lower Merion Symphony Orchestras amongst others.
Deeply committed to the art of recording, Zhenni’s third and fourth albums featuring Beethoven (Beethoven’s Apotheosis) and traditional Chinese works (Legend of the Phoenix Queen) are upcoming on the Steinway & Sons Label.
Zhenni is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Opus 71 Concerts, a multimedia concert series near New York’s Lincoln Center. Zhenni is currently the Associate Professor of Piano at University of Alberta. In her spare time, she enjoys learning jazz and new languages, looking forward to becoming pentalingual, traveling and meeting people of different cultures.
Zhenni Li-Cohen is a Steinway Artist.
NEW ALBUM RELEASE
“A Letter”
New Album Release:
My CD (“One Letter”) with the Steinway Label of the composer’s solo works, several years in the making, came out this May and has been reviewed by Gramophone Magazine recently as “the most consistently beautiful Bortkiewicz recording in the catalogue” and “a must-add to your listening list” by American Record Guide. It has been broadcast by CBC National Radio, WQXR (featured the album as one of the top picks of the month), WRTI, Iowa public radio and others.
The album trailer released with instant 60,000 plays and 4000 likes on Instagram alone within a week.
”Li-Cohen has the skills necessary to bring it off: a fluent legato and a refined sense of rubato and phrasing, coupled with an ability to bring out the subtle harmonic surprises.. Add to this her tonal richness and her exquisite balance, and you have performances that will keep you enthralled...Li-Cohen’s may be the most consistently beautiful Bortkiewicz recording in the catalogue.”
- © 2023 Gramophone Magazine
Recent visits
Solo recitals
Berliner Philharmonie
Berlin, Germany
Carnegie Hall - Zankel Hall
New York, NY
Smithsonian Museum
Washington, D.C
With Orchestras
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Merkin Hall
New yOrk, NY
Tennessee Theatre
Knoxville, TN
Chamber Music
Place des Arts
Montreal, QC
Concerts International
Memphis, TN
Dacor Bacon House
Washington, D.C.
Music Festivals
Maui Classical Music Festival
Maui, Hawai’i
Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival
Twisp, WA
On the air
Canada National CBC Radio, Chicago’s WFMT Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, New York’s WQXR, Norwegian National Radio: NPK P2/NPK Klassisk, Philadelphia’s WWFM and WRTI, Texas Public Radio, and West Virginia’s WVTF
Videos
— Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain —
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional Republica Dominicana
Enrique Parreño, Conuctor
Zhenni Li-Cohen, Piano
Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito, Santo Domingo
— Sergei Bortkiewicz： Piano Concerto No. 3 —
US premiere
Maestro Dominguez with BCSO, April 29, 2023
— Samuel Zyman: Restless, for Solo Piano —
World Premiere
— Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58 —
Bergen Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, Conuctor
Zhenni Li-Cohen, Piano
Grieghallen, Norway
ALBUM: Mélancolie
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