Li Lu

• Job title: Cello Tutor
• Department(s): Strings
• Specialism(s): Cello

Li Lu is a Cello Tutor at Chetham’s School of Music, where she is passionate about working with talented young musicians.

Originally from China, cellist Li Lu has performed across Asia and Europe. She was featured in the Sky Arts documentary Art of Survival (2011), reaching a vast audience in the UK and internationally. Following this experience she recorded one of her major solo works In Love with Bach – the complete Bach Cello Suites.

Her musical journey began when she was given a cello by her father on her fifth birthday. Soon after graduating from Wu Han Conservatory of Music, she became the member of the National Ballet Orchestra of China. Two years later, she won a major scholarship to continue her studies with the celebrated cellist, Emma Ferrand at the Royal Northern College of Music, where she gained the PGDip in Performance with Distinction in 2008.

Li Lu has been honoured to play in many masterclasses given by cellists Mr. Bernard Greenhouse, Anner Bylsma, Christoph Richte and Ralph Kirshbaum. She was the leading cellist of the Concordia cello ensemble and was supported by the Concordia Foundation in London during 2010 to 2012.

Li Lu has been a recipient of several awards from Arts Council England, BBC Performing Arts Fund and Irish Arts Council. She enjoys working with many different musicians and artists, and has expanded her skills and experience by embarking on a number of unconventional musical collaborations in recent years. As a musician and an educator, she wants to connect to a wider audience, especially children, through her work, and believes music brings people together.