Michelle Meixuan Li

Michelle Meixuan Li is a pianist, music pedagogue, and entrepreneur who founded Belle Melodie Music Art School in Carmel Valley, San Diego with her husband, Max. She holds a double degree in piano and composition, completing her master's in piano performance, and studied with masters across China and the United States. Beginning in 2004, she opened dozens of children's music schools across Northeast China and Beijing, held the National Meixuan Cup Piano Competition at the China Conservatory of Music, and saw her ensemble perform with the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since founding Belle Melodie, Michelle has led hundreds of student entries in competitions such as MTAC, GOCAA, and Pacific Stars, and the school serves as a San Diego ABRSM exam center. A member of MTAC, MTNA, CAPMT, and ACMP, she teaches with a philosophy centered on music as a language for thinking and communication, blending European Kodaly and Orff methods with Yamaha coursework and world-music repertoire.