David Li is a third-year student at the University of Auckland, majoring in Classical Performance studying under Stephen De Pledge, as well as Information Systems. David was awarded the Swedlund Music Bursary Scholarship Award from the University of Auckland in 2021. David was also awarded 1st place in the IRMTNZ Scholarship Competitions in the DD O’Connor Instrumental and Piano Scholarship in 2021 and 2nd prize in the IRMTNZ Scholarship Competitions - Margaret Doone Sonata Competition in 2023. He has also received top three awards from other competitions such as the NSPAS. 

David is also a passionate chamber pianist and collaborative pianist. His piano-percussion quartet was awarded first prize at the 2023 University of Auckland Chamber Competition. David has been working with WE Classical Music and Maestro Music School since 2020 both as a private piano tutor and accompanist. 

Henry Meng is a New Zealand pianist and composer. He studied at the University of Auckland under Rae de Lisle and Stephen de Pledge, and now studies under Douglas Humpherys at the Eastman School of Music in New York.

As a pianist, he has performed with the Auckland Philharmonia and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. He was the 2023 winner of his university’s Concerto Competition and came second place in New Zealand’s national piano competition of 2024. He also won second in New Zealand’s 2023 and 2025 National Concerto Competitions. Meng toured with clarinettist Julian Bliss with 2024, and has appeared at the Gijón International, At the World’s Edge, and Adam Summer School festivals. 

As a composer, he was the recipient of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 TODD Young Composer’s Award; one of his orchestral pieces, Fanfare, was part of the NZSO’s 2024 concert season.