Percussionist Thomas Li is active as a chamber musician and performer of new music. A recent Masters graduate from University of Toronto, he studied under the tutelage of Aiyun Huang, Beverley Johnston, Ryan Scott and Charles Settle. He has attended multiple summer festivals including Banff Centre’s Evolution: Classical and the Nief-Norf Summer Festival where he worked with members of Kronos Quartet and Mark Applebaum respectively. As an avid contemporary performer, Thomas was a member of University of Toronto’s Contemporary Music Ensemble as well as Toronto-based percussion quartet Kairos Quartet. He also took part in the recording of Elizabeth Ogonekâ’s chamber concerto, where are we now, released in an album on the Oberlin Music Label.

Thomas is also interested in integrating visual media with his playing, and aspires to dedicate his artistic voice to expressing personal emotions and preserving the collective narratives of his home city, Hong Kong. In his multiple multimedia project, he is dedicated to understanding how cinematic language can help communicate contemporary musical gestures when the two art forms are paired together. Thomas joined Lippert Music in 2024.