"At only 8 years old, Lele is a musical force to be reckoned with."
- Kelly Clarkson, American Singer and TV show host
Pianist, Lele, has been living the musician life since the age of 3. After showing her great passion and talent of music, Lele quickly gained national and international acclaims via various competitions. From 2019 to 2024, Lele received winner awards and recognitions from various competitions, including Paderewski International Piano Competition, San Francisco international Piano Competition, Steinway Junior Piano Competition, International Youth Music Competition,and NYYPP Music Competition. Specially, Lele is the recipient of Judge Distinguished Awards of Seattle International Piano Festival and American Protégé.
Lele's performances were well received by an even broader audience of various music festivals and TV shows across the country. She received a standing ovation from 3000 audience and 4 celebrities judges of America's Got Talent in Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Featured in NBC's Kelly Clarkson Show, Lele brought her piano performance and stories to millions of TV viewers. She was invited to music competitions and festivals in United Nations' Headquarter and Memorial Chapel of Union College.
While she enjoys performing at grand stages, Lele gets even more happiness and fun when playing piano in the local social center, neighborhood celebrations, benefit concerts, and fundraisers. Lele set her goal to use her music to spread love and happiness to the community and the entire world. During the pandemic, Lele partnered with a non-profit organization to deliver her soothing music to front-line medical heroes and the people in need at hospitals, senior centers, and care facilities. Lele was awarded certificates of merit from New York State Assemblyman and her school district superintendent for her dedication to the local community. Her piano talent and her stories were covered by various media outlets, including NBC News, Fox5 News, and Newsday. Recently, she started her own nonprofit Play Positive Note to lead and inspire more young musicians to giveback to our communities.
Other than a pianist, Lele is a book author/illustrator and sports athlete. She published her stories with piano with an autobiography-alike children's picture book "Lenna's Music Adventure" (the selfie above is one of the illustrations of the book). Lele loves playing tennis, and she won many golf titles in USkids and NY Junior PGA. She holds two USKids Long Island Golf Championships in 2023 and 2024.