AMELIA LY - 11 Year-old Virtuoso Pianist with Emotional Nuance

Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts is delighted to bring to its classical piano loving audience on Sunday, November 15 at 2 PM in Lincoln Hall the profoundly gifted 11-year-old piano prodigy, AMELIA LY.

Amazing audiences around the world with her virtuosity and emotional nuance since she was six years of age, in January 2026 Amelia Ly made her debut with the National Philharmonic of Ukraineperforming the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2. under the baton of Maestro Theodore Kuchar, marking her Eastern European orchestral debut.

Featured by ABC News and NPR News, Amelia has been first-place winner in numerous international piano competitions and her performances have illuminated some of the world’s most iconic stages.

She has performed in Vienna’s Musikverein, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Paris Philharmonic’s Amphitheatre, Beethoven House in Bonn, and New York City’s Carnegie Hall, where she has already appeared five times.

ARCA is grateful that Amelia Ly is presented by arrangement with Jack Price.

Immediately following the concert, plan to meet the artists at the wine and cheese opening for the 2026 Red Brick Gallery & Gift Shop Holiday Show on Sunday, November 15 from 4 to 6 PM directly adjacent to Lincoln Hall, featuring the work of 18 cooperative artists in diverse media.

Amelia Ly’s whose musical journey began at age four in Peoria, Illinois is currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Her early foundation was shaped under Prof. Anna Nogaj, former dean of Bradley University’s Piano Preparatory School, and her daughter, Aneta Youngblood.

In 2022, Amelia began studying with Dr. Craig Nies, a distinguished professor at Nashvilles Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music and former student of the renowned pianist Mieczysław Horszowski at the Curtis Institute of Music—connecting Amelia to a musical lineage extending from Beethoven to Czerny to Chopin.

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Starting in 2026, she will collaborate with Maestro Gerard Schwarz in multiple appearances for all Beethoven programs at major performance centers, and she will join legendary pianist Dickran Atamianfor Mozart in Harmony: A Journey Across Generations, performing Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto at major domestic and international venues.

Deeply committed to community services, Amelia has volunteered at retirement communities since early childhood. Her outreach includes homes in the Peoria area as well as Richland Place and The Heritage at Brentwood in Nashville, where she performs solo recitals and holiday programs. She has additionally appeared at Ignite Peoria, OSF Healthcare, Peoria Women’s Club, Dream Center Peoria fundraisers, and other community events. In 2021, she gave her first ticketed solo recital at the Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts.

In her spare time, Amelia is an avid reader and enjoys dancing, drawing, swimming, and singingwhile fiddling with her ukulele and guitar, and being part of the school choir, but the piano has remained the most precious heritage she cherishes.

With a luminous future ahead, Amelia Ly continues to weave her story through melodies, embodying the timeless beauty of music and the boundless spirit of artistry.