Cello

Le Shi holds two Master degrees in Cello and Music Performance from Tianjin Conservatory of Music in China and Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Ms. Shi was an Associate Professor in Tianjin Conservatory of Music before she moved to Canada. She has been honored as “Outstanding Artist” by Ontario Provincial Government after her greatly successful “Summer Rhapsody” Cello Recital in June, 2015. She was nominated for the 2016 " Mandarin Profile Artist Award ".

 
During her studies, Le Shi benefited from the teaching and coaching of world renowned cellists such as Mr. Yo-Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, Prof. Nicolas Altstaedt from Cologne Conservatory of Music (Germany), Prof. Cecylia Barczyk from Towson University （America）,Prof. Eric Wilson from University of British Columbia, Prof. Brian Manker from McGill University, Prof. David Hetherington，Bryan Epperson from Royal Conservatory of Music, Mr. Joseph Johnson, the principal cellist of Toronto Symphony Orchestra(Canada).

As a member of Girl’s Quartet, the quartet won the Best Performance Award from the College Arts Festival and Silver Award from the National Chamber Music Competition in China .As a graduate student, she studied both performance and music theory. Among her dozens of thesis, her Master’s dissertation “Analysis of Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1” was published by Music & Performance Journal of Nanjing Art Institute. As a teacher, she established the separate cello researching and teaching division, and re-compiled the syllabus for cello major and enacted the syllabus for cello minor. A large number of substantial, groundbreaking initiatives and moves were completed during the years of her teaching (2003-2010) in Tianjin Conservatory of Music in China.

 

Le Shi has continued and enriched her career since she moved to Toronto in 2010. As a guest soloist of Chinese Artist Society of Toronto she plays a large number of concerts and festivals. The “Summer Rhapsody Cello Recital” held at Fairview Theatre in June 2015 obtained the remarkable success, and the live interview for the concert and the personal interview were taken by Fairchild Television. Le Shi is also a passionate teacher who enjoys sharing her experience and knowledge with her students, and has been devoting herself to the classical music popularization and developing the potentiality of younger musicians. Ms. Shi is the founder of "Le Shi Music & Arts Centre", and served as an instructor and Artistic Director at a few music schools and educational centres.