Yanlu Li

Yanlu Li is a second-year doctoral student in conducting program at the University of Northern Colorado. Born in China, she grew up in a music family. Yanlu was a pianist and studied choir conducting at the undergraduate level, followed by one of the famous Chinese conductors Dr. Tian Xiaobao and served as the leading singer in Tiankong, the top female choir in China. As a singer in Tiankong, she traveled with choirs worldwide and performed in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Big Hall and the National Grand Theatre of China. She earned her master's degree from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in choral conducting. When Yanlu was in Belarus, she was the associate conductor of Choir Tonica, the first-class children's choir in Europe. She successfully held the "Yanlu Li with choir Tonica" individual conducting concert in 2019. In 2020, she backed to China and served as an assistant professor of choral conducting at Guangdong Ocean University. During her work, she taught the introduction of conducting to undergraduate and graduate students and individual conducting lessons for conducting-major students. She led four choirs and participated in compiling choral conducting textbooks, and guided the choir to win a silver medal in the 2021 Guangdong University Choral Competition.

Yanlu is also passionate about orchestral music and has been active in orchestral and opera stages. Currently, Yanlu is the TA of the Glee and Wind ensemble at the University of Northern Colorado and completed her degree recital "Herstory" concert for women composers in March 2023.