Bowen Li is currently studying a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance at the University of Toronto with Jamie Parker.

Previously, Bowen completed an Artist Diploma in Music at the Montreal Conservatory of Music with André Laplante, a Master of Music at the University of Montreal with Professor Jean Saulnier and a Bachelor of Music at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music with Professor David Louie.

With international experience across Australia, America and Europe, Bowen has performed in many festivals. These include the Sydney International Piano Masterclass Festival, Münchner Klaviersommer in Germany, the Piano Master Class as part of the Banff Centre’s summer music program in Canada, the Gijón International Piano Festival in Spain and the Bowdoin International Music Festival in America.

Bowen received his Licentiate in Music, Australia (LMusA) at the age of 15 and has won various prizes at eisteddfods and competitions across Australia and internationally.

As an award-winning pianist, Bowen was a finalist in the 2014 National Fine Music Network Young Virtuoso Award, the 2014 Sydney Eisteddfod Scholarship Prize and the 2019 Prix d’Orford Musique.

Bowen was a grand finalist in the 2022 Australian National Piano Award, where he received the Leona and Bruce Sterling Prize for best performance by Mozart or Beethoven.