isabel 睿颐 li

Writer, filmmaker, media producer, & musicologist-in-training. [Read more about me.]

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I make narrative films, such as...

Play, Then (2024)

I write about music and films in...

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, as an LA music critic and contributor
Interlochen Public Radio, as the inaugural Classical IPR fellow
Cold Tea Collective, as a staff writer

My research spans art to archives to anthropology...

Play, Then: Reimagining the Classical Music Film (2025)
The Life of Ellen Browning Scripps (2022)

I produce audio media for radio and digital streaming...

'AAPI Classical Musicians of Interlochen' Series (May 2026)

Interviews with 2026 World Youth Symphony Orchestra conductors JoAnn Falletta, Keitaro Harada, Jader Bignamini, and Cristian Macelaru

I make documentaries...

The Vision of Ellen Browning Scripps (2025)
Southern California Edison Promo Videos (2024)
Crafting a Studio (2023)

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[film]

narrative
docs/client work

[writing]

publications
creative

[multidisc.]

audio
craft

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please note:

This site is a directory of my work as an evolving artist-scholar. As such, this site and its structure of pages undergo continual updates. My site is also entirely hand-coded via HTML/CSS to reflect my sensibilities as a collectivist, human-centric, and community-oriented thinker. Thank you for visiting -- and please contact me for any inquiries, requests, or collaborations.

Last Updated: 7/2026