Chinese pianist Ruoting Li is an artist of wide-ranging vision, praised for her “fluent sensitivity and assurance” (Gramophone) and her “eloquent, musical” (Fanfare Magazine) interpretations of contemporary music, as well as for championing the works of women composers, both past and present. With a burgeoning international career as both a solo pianist and chamber musician, along with several albums to her name, Ruoting serves as the Resident Pianist with the Boston Festival Orchestra. She also tours with the genre-defying trio, TAKE3, participating in their “bold, aggressive” (LA Times) performances and outreach events to local schools across the US.

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Ruoting has performed for presenters throughout the US, UK, Europe, and China, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Washington, D.C.’s Library of Congress, Boston’s Symphony Hall, and Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts. Recent highlights include a series of ten performances as the guest soloist with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, performing Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra; a concerto performance of Qigang Chen’s Erhuang with the Boston Festival Orchestra at Jordan Hall; a chamber performance with BFO musicians for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Concert for the City series at Symphony Hall; BFO’s chamber series at the Boston Athenaeum; and the New York premiere of works by Scott Wheeler at Bargemusic.

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An accomplished recording artist and producer, Ruoting followed her appearance on David L. Post's Sonatas & Other Works (Centaur) with the release of American Woman (Navona), an album with acclaimed cellist Juliana Soltis that celebrates the music of American women composers. The album received the Silver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Classical Music at the Global Music Awards and was praised by renowned publications such as BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone. She has also worked as a producer on albums for the Steinway & Sons and Naxos labels, and has co-produced the debut album by the celebrated ensemble The Harlem Chamber Players.

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Born in China, Ruoting began playing piano at the age of 6 and was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School in Beijing when she was 11 years old. In 2014, she came to the U.S. on a full scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music, where she earned both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance under the tutelage of Dr. Solomon Mikowsky. Her other mentors include Anthony de Mare and Kenneth Cooper. Away from the piano, Ruoting can often be found city walking, bookstore hopping, exploring hiking trails, or urban dog watching - a true sport she’s perfecting one park at a time, preferably with coffee in hand.