Viola

Junyi Li

Junyi Li was born in Shenzhen, China, and began studying the violin at the age of five. At the age of twelve, he switched to the viola. He received his musical education at the Middle School affiliated with the Xinghai Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Hou Donglei, and later at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he studied with Professor Su Zhen.

Since 2025, he has been pursuing a Master’s degree in Viola at the University of Music and Theatre Munich, studying with Ionel Ungureanu. For the 2026/27 season he joined the newly founded Orchestra Academy of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.

His competition achievements include First Prize at the Whitgift International Music Competition in 2017, First Prize at an international music competition in Vladivostok, and Second Prize at the Chinese Wieniawski Youth String Competition in 2024.

During his studies at the Central Conservatory of Music, he was a member of the China Youth Symphony Orchestra, where he served as both Deputy Principal Viola and Principal Viola. He was also selected for the National Youth Orchestra of China (NYO-China) and participated in its chamber music tour.