Opening Concert CISC 2025
ZHEXIANG LI - New Album Presentation
Young and exceptionally talented, Zhexiang Li — winner of the last edition of the Santa Cecília International Piano Competition — returns to Porto for an intimate recital. After moving the jury and audience at Casa da Música with his outstanding performance in 2024, Li now presents his debut album recorded with KNS Classical, which includes a piece by Portuguese composer Victor Macedo Pinto.
This concert marks the beginning of a year filled with important milestones: Zhexiang Li will return to Porto in September to perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at Casa da Música with the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto. A sign that the Santa Cecília Competition is, indeed, a true launchpad for young musicians with promising international careers.
PROGRAMME
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Preludes, Op. 28 Nos. 19–24
Victor Macedo Pinto
Nove Instantâneos
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
FRIDAY, JUNE 20th, 2025 @ 6pm
FREE ENTRY
Fundação Eng. António de Almeida
Rua Tenente Valadim, 231/325, 4100-479 Porto 
BIOGRAPHY
Li Zhexiang, The BOB “Best of Best” Top-notch innovative talent of Central Conservatory of Music. He studied under Professor Xinning Zhang Director of Teaching and Research Department of Piano of the Central Conservatory of Music and Professor Danwen Wei, Director of the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music，in 2019, he was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School with the first place. He has performed and held solo concerts in famous concert halls and theaters around the world,and with Famous orchestras in China and around the world, such as China Philharmonic Orchestra Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra、Manchester Camerata Orchestra Pacific Symphony Orchestra Salzburg Soloists Chamber Orchestra… He won the first prize at the Santa Cecilia International Competition in 2024, the first prize in the Junior Group of The 2nd Beijing International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition For Young Pianist, and the China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition, Xiamen International Piano Competition in 2024, and many international competitions for young artist awards.