Christine harada li, violin
artistic director and co-founder
Violinist Christine Harada Li is a highly active and versatile artist who has performed across the U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, and Israel. As a soloist Christine recently performed Benjamin Britten Concerto with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, and will perform with the Marquette Symphony Orchestra and the Anchorage Youth Symphony this season. Passionate about chamber music, she has frequently performed with the award-winning Koinonia Trio, which has been playing together since 2015. As an orchestral musician, Christine has had the opportunity to play with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, and Ann Arbor Symphony. She has performed (both violin and viola) as a guest artist at the Maui Classical Music Festival, Oberlin Acoustics Workshop and the Ann Arbor Chamber Fest.
In addition to performing, Christine takes leadership in various art organizations and serves as Artistic Director and founder of the Anchorage Chamber Music Festival, Education Director at the Innsbrook Institute Summer Festival and Academy, and President of the Anchorage Fine Arts Society.
Christine grew up in a musical family and began studying violin at the age of five and piano at the age of ten. Her childhood principal teachers were Beverly Beheim for violin and Rumi Smith for piano. Christine made her international debut when she was 10 years old at the Talent Education Research Institute’s Suzuki Summer School in Matsumoto, Japan.
Christine graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan, School of Music, Theater and Dance and completed her Master of Music degree at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover, Germany. Her principal teachers here were Yehonatan Berick, Elisabeth Kufferath, Anne Röhrig (baroque), and Arthur Greene (piano). She completed her Doctorate in Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree in 2020, studying with David Halen at the University of Michigan. Currently Christine is on faculty as Assistant Professor of Violin at University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.