About

Violinist BoYun Li is quickly building an international reputation as a rising young soloist.

Born in Sichuan, China, BoYun began taking violin lessons when she was five years old. Two years later, she won her first national prize in China.

In junior high, she was admitted to the Sichuan Conservatory of Music and studied there for six years.

After her graduation from the Sichuan Conservatory in 2012, she was accepted to study with Kurt Sassmannshaus at CCM, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.

BoYun graduated with her Bachelor of Arts from CCM in Violin Performance in 2016, Master of Arts from CCM in Violin Performance in 2018, and her DMA in Violin Performance in 2023.

BoYun joined as an Adjunct Faculty at CCM in 2023. She is also a faculty in CCM Preparatory Department, and in Starling Project Foundation; she is teaching both college and pre-college programs.

As an active international performer, BoYun continues to perform throughout the United States and also in Europe and Asia.

BoYun has performed with pianist Rohan De Silva in China, Germany and the US, and she played in Kurt Sassmannshaus and His Friends concerts worldwide in 2015-2016.

BoYun is the founder of Cincinnatus String Quartet, now serves as first violinist in the quartet. Cincinnatus String Quartet has won many competitions since it has been formed in 2021. The quartet is coached by Kurt Sassmannshaus, Kristin Lee, Ariel Quartet and Juilliard String Quartet.

BoYun has participated in several master classes, including those with Professor Kaixiang Li, Lucie Robert, Nachum Erlich, Maxim Vengerov, Giora Schmidt, Karen Gomyo and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

BoYun has won many notable awards in her musical career. She won both the chamber and solo competition of the Great Wall International Music Academy in 2014. She won the Award of Excellence in Alice & Eleonore Schönfeld International String Competition in 2016, and she was also the first prize winner of Three Arts Competition in 2016, and a Finalist in Piazzolla International Competition. In December 2021, she won the International Clara Schumann Competition.