Born in Beijing, China, cellist Jing Li immigrated to the United States when she was three years old. She received her first cello lessons from her father at the age of eight and has since presented numerous solo and chamber music concerts around the world. She has appeared in festivals such as the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists, and her previous cello teachers include Janos Starker, Paul Katz, and Laurence Lesser. Ms. Li is Principal Cellist of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Chamber Orchestra and Assistant Principal of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. As an avid teacher, she holds a position on the faculty of the NCMC Nantucket School of Music and the BYSO (Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra) while maintaining an active private studio in the Boston area.