Lakai He

Senior String Winner

A tenth-grader at the Bolles School (Jacksonville, FL), Likai He (b. Dec. 30, 1994) is the Senior String Winner for the 2010 Florida MTNA Competition. He is also the winner of the 2010 Florida ASTA (American String Teachers Association) Solo Competition. Gifted in violin, at the age of three Likai began to study violin with his father Jianjun He, a composer and violinist who is Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at Jacksonville University. Likai was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2006 Wyoming ASTA Young Artists’ Competition, a recipient of Maestro Award of 2007 Colorado Springs Music Festival, and 2008 Lucy Rognstad Award conferred by the Casper Chamber Music Society. In 2009, as the winner of the Wyoming ASTA Solo Competition he performed Mendelssohn’s violin concerto with Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, and was also invited to perform at the Wyoming Arts Council. The repertoire of his recent recitals include Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, Paganini’s Caprices, as well as masterworks by Mozart, Bruch, Sarasate, and Wieniawski. Currently, Likai is a student of Sergiu Schwartz, Professor of Violin at the Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University (GA).

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