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Li Yundi
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Born (1982-10-07) October 7, 1982 (age 41)
Chongqing, Sichuan, China
Residence Beijing, China
Citizenship China
Alma mater Shenzhen Arts School
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
Occupation Classical pianist
Parent(s) Li Chuan, Zhang Xiaolu
Awards International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition
2000 1st in place
2000 The Fryderyk Chopin Society and Warsaw City Council ex aequo prize for the best performance of a polonaise
Website yundimusic.com
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Li Yundi (simplified Chinese: 李云迪; traditional Chinese: 李雲迪; pinyin: Lǐ Yúndí) (born October 7, 1982) is a Chinese classical pianist. He is also popularly known as Yundi and formerly Yundi Li. Born in Chongqing, Li is most well known for being the youngest pianist to win the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, in 2000, at the age of 18. He currently resides in Beijing.

Childhood

His father, Li Chuan, and his mother, Zhang Xiaolu, were both workers for the Sichuan Chongqing Steel and Iron Company.[1] Although coming from a family of non-musicians, Li took to music early. When he was three years old, his parents bought him an accordion after he became so entranced by an accordion player in a shopping mall that he refused to leave.[2] He mastered the instrument by the age of four, studying with Tan Jianmin, a music professor in China. Only one year later, he won the top prize at the Chongqing Children's Accordion Competition.[3] Li began studying piano at the age of seven. Two years later, his teacher introduced him to Dan Zhaoyi, one of China's most renowned piano teachers, with whom he would study for nine years.[4] Li's ambition was to become a professional pianist. In 1994, he entered the Shenzhen Arts School, Shenzhen, China. He later studied at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover in Hanover, Germany.

Awards

Li has received top awards at various competitions. He won the Children's Piano Competition in Beijing in 1994.[3] In 1995, he was awarded first place at the Stravinsky International Youth Competition. In 1998, he won the 1998 Missouri Southern International Piano Competition (Junior Division). The next year, he took Third Prize at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition of Utrecht, as well as being a major winner in the China International Piano Competition. He also won first place at the Gina Bachauer Young Artists International Piano Competition.[5]

In October 2000, at the urging of the Chinese Culture Ministry, Li participated in the 14th International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He was the first participant to be awarded First Prize in 15 years. At 18 years of age, he was the youngest winner—and the first Chinese—in the competition's history. Li was given the "Polonaise award" by the Chopin Society for his performance at the competition.[3]

Soon after, Li sought out pianist Arie Vardi as an instructor, and therefore left his parents' home to live and study in Hannover, Germany.[3]

Performing and recording career

Li's debut in the United States took place in June 2003 at Carnegie Hall, as part of Steinway and Sons' 150th Anniversary Gala. His United States concert debut took place the next month, when he performed Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1. He was also honoured at a special reception at the home of the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, where he performed for various officials of the US State Department.

Li's second recording of Liszt for Deutsche Grammophon, for whom he exclusively recorded until November 2008, was released in August 2003 and was named "Best CD of the Year" by the New York Times. His third recording, comprising Chopin's four Scherzi and three Impromptus, was released in late 2004. He is scheduled to release a recording of Beethoven sonatas in late 2012 for Deutsche Grammophon.[6] He has also given a recital in the renowned Musikverein in Vienna, performing works by Mozart, Scarlatti, Schumann, and Liszt.

Li obtained Hong Kong residency in November 2006 under the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, among the first batch of people to do so under the scheme.[7]

Li is the subject of a 2008 feature-length documentary, The Young Romantic: Yundi Li, directed by Barbara Willis Sweete.[4] He appeared as a Pennington Great Performers series artist with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, also in 2008.

In January 2010, Li signed an exclusive recording contract with EMI Classics with plans to record the complete works for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin.[8]

Li performed a solo recital at the Royal Festival Hall in London on March 16, 2010. He played a repertoire of Chopin pieces to a sold-out audience.[9]

Returning to Carnegie Hall, Li will tour in 2015 with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States, as a featured soloist. The tour began at Carnegie Hall, and continued on a seven city tour of China ending in Hong Kong.

Recordings

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Chopin Recital deutsche grammophon

  • Piano Sonata in B minor No. 3 op. 58
  • Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante op. 22
  • Études op. 10 Nos. 2 + 5 op. 25 No. 11 "Winter Wind«"
  • Nocturnes op. 9 Nos. 1 + 2 op. 15 No. 2
  • Impromptu op. 66 (Fantaisie-Impromptu)

CD |D|D|D| 4714792

Franz Liszt deutsche grammophon

  • Piano Sonata in B minor
  • La Campanella
  • Widmung after Schumann: Liebeslied
  • Liebestraum No. 3
  • Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli
  • Rigoletto-Paraphrase

CD |D|D|D| 471 585–2 SACD |D|D|D| 474 2972 Awards: Echo Award 2003

Chopin: Scherzo & Impromptus deutsche grammophon

  • 4 Scherzi:
  • No. 1 op. 20 · No. 2 op. 31
  • No. 3 op. 39 · No. 4 op. 54
  • 3 Impromptus
  • No. 1 op. 29 · No. 2 op. 36
  • No. 3 op. 51

SACD |D|D|D| 474 8782 CD |D|D|D| 474 5162

Yundi Live in Concert deutsche grammophon

Frédéric Chopin :Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20

Frédéric Chopin :Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31

Frédéric Chopin :Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39

Frédéric Chopin :Scherzo No.4 in E, Op.54

Franz Liszt :Piano Sonata In B Minor, S.178

Yu Shi Wang:Sun Flower

Frédéric Chopin :Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2

Franz Liszt:Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera

Franz Liszt:"Rigoletto"

DVD 0440 073 4079 0

Vienna Recital deutsche grammophon

  • Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole
  • Mozart: Piano Sonata KV 330
  • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas K. 380 + K. 13
  • Schumann: Carnaval op. 9

CD |D|D|D| 477 557–1 |G|H|

Chopin & Liszt Piano Concerto No.1 deutsche grammophon

  • Liszt: Concerto for piano no.1 in E-Flat,S.124
  • Chopin: Concerto for piano no.1 in E-minor,op.11

CD |D|D|D| 00289 477 6402 |G|H|

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2|Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major deutsche grammophon

  • Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16
  • Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83
  • Other participants: Yundi, Piano * Berliner Philharmoniker * Seiji Ozawa

CD |D|D|D| 0289 477 6593 6 |G|H|

Yundi – The Young Romantic

  • Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo in B minor, op.20 Scherzo in B flat minor, op.31 Scherzo in C sharp minor, op.39 Scherzo in E major, op.54; Franz Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini: La Campanella
  • Bonus: Yundi Li plays at La Roque d’Anthéron

DVD 3079058 EuroArts/Ideale Audience

Chopin Nocturnes Emi Classics

  • Chopin Complete Nocturnes
  • Nocturnes: No. 1 In B Flat Minor Op. 9 No. 1, Nocturnes: No. 2 In E Flat Op. 9 No. 2, Nocturnes: No. 3 In B Op. 9 No. 3, Nocturnes: No. 4 In F Op. 15 No. 1, Nocturnes: No. 5 In F Sharp Op. 15 No. 2, Nocturnes: No. 6 In G Minor Op. 15
  • Nocturnes: No. 7 In C Sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 1, Nocturnes: No. 8 In D Flat Op. 27 No. 2, Nocturnes: No. 9 In B Op. 32 No. 1, Nocturnes: No. 10 In A Flat Op. 32 No. 2, Nocturnes: No. 11 In G Minor Op. 37 No. 1,Nocturnes: No. 12 In G Op. 37 No. 2, Nocturnes: No. 13 In C Minor Op. 48 No. 1, Nocturnes: No. 14 In F Sharp Minor Op. 48 No. 2, Nocturnes: No. 15 In F Minor Op. 55 No. 1, Nocturnes: No. 16 In E Flat Op. 55 No. 2, Nocturnes: No. 17 In B Op. 62 No. 1, Nocturnes: No. 18 In E Op. 62 No. 2, Nocturnes: No. 19 In E Minor Op. 72 No. 1 (Posthumous), Nocturnes: C Sharp Minor Op. Posthumous, Nocturnes: C Minor (1837, Pub 1938)
  • CD |D|D|D| 5099 960 839 121 |G|H|

Live in Beijing Emi Classics

  • Andante spianato: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise, Grande polonaise: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise, Grave - Doppio movimento: Sonata No. 2, II. Scherzo: Sonata No. 2, III. Marche funèbre (Lento): Sonata No. 2, IV. Finale (Presto): Sonata No. 2 , No. 1 in G minor: 4 Mazurkas Op. 33 , No. 2 in D major: 4 Mazurkas Op. 33, No. 3 in C major: 4 Mazurkas Op. 33 , No. 4 in B minor: 4 Mazurkas Op. 33 , Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 , Nocturne No. 2 in E flat, Op.9, Nocturne No.2 in F sharp, Op. 15 , Polonaise Op. 53 , Cai Yun Zhui Yue , Revolutionary Etude: Etudes Op. 10 , Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 , Nocturne No. 2 in E flat, Op.9, Nocturne No.2 in F sharp, Op. 15, Nocturne No. 2 in D flat, Op. 27 , Nocturne No. 1 in C minor, Op. 48 , Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise , No. 1 in G minor: 4 Mazurkas Op. 33 , No. 2 in D major: 4 Mazurkas Op. 33 , No. 3 in C major: 4 Mazurkas Op. 33, No. 4 in B minor: 4 Mazurkas Op. 33 , I. Grave - Doppio movimento: Sonata No. 2, II. Scherzo: Sonata No. 2 , III. Marche funèbre (Lento): Sonata No. 2 , IV. Finale (Presto): Sonata No. 2 , Polonaise Op. 53, Cai yun Zhui Yue, Revolutionary Etude
  • CD |D|D|D| 5099 960 839 121 |G|H|
  • DVD |D|D|D| 5099 960 839 121 |G|H|

Yundi: Red Piano Emi Classics

  • Prelude: The Song of the Yellow River Boatman: The Yellow River Piano Concerto, Ode to the Yellow River: The Yellow River Piano Concerto , The Wrath of the Yellow River: The Yellow River Piano Concerto , Defend the Yellow River: The Yellow River Piano Concerto , In That Place Wholly Faraway , Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies, Pi Huang, Remote Shangri-La, Liu Yang River, Kangding Love Song, Colourful Clouds Chasing The Moon, Dali Girl: Five Yunnan Folk Songs, Following the Brother: Five Yunnan Folk Songs , Puzzle Tune: Five Yunnan Folk Songs, Mountain Song: Five Yunnan Folk Songs, Dragon Lantern Tune: Five Yunnan Folk Songs, Celebrating Our New Life, Why Are The Flowers So Red?, My Motherland
  • Other participants: Yundi, Piano * China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra * Chen Zohuang, Dir.
  • CD |D|D|D| 5099 908 865 823 |G|H|

Yundi Beethoven Sonata Album deutsche grammophon

  • Appassionata, Moonlight, Pathétique
  • CD |D|D|D| 0289 476 5049 2 |G|H|

The art of Yundi deutsche grammophon

Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat, S.124, Allegro maestoso Yundi Li, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2

Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu No.4 in C sharp minor, Op.66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No.10 In C Major, K.330 Allegro moderato

Franz Liszt: Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141 No.3 In G Sharp Minor ("La Campanella")

Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 Adagio assai Yundi Li, Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in G, K.13

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No.1 in B flat minor, Op.9 No.1

Frédéric Chopin: Etudes, Op.10 No.5 In G Flat "Black Keys"

Franz Liszt:Piano Sonata In B Minor, S.178 Lento assai - Allegro energico

Franz Liszt:Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3

Frédéric Chopin:Piano Sonata No.3 In B Minor, Op.58 Scherzo (Molto vivace)

Frédéric Chopin:Impromptu No.1 in A flat, Op.29

Robert Schumann:Carnaval, Op.9 1.Prambule 2. Pierrot 14. Reconnaissance 18. Promenade

Sergei Prokofiev:Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16 Scherzo (Vivace) Yundi Li, Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

Franz Liszt:Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera

CD |D|D|D| 0289 479 1302 3 |G|H|

Emperor|Fantasy deutsche grammophon

  • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 »Emperor« 
  • ROBERT SCHUMANN Fantasie op. 17
  • Other participants: Yundi, Piano * Berliner Philharmoniker * Daniel Harding.

CD |D|D|D| 0289 481 0710 0 |G|H|

Yundi Chopin Preludes deutsche grammophon

  • 24 Preludes, Op.28
  • Prelude No.25 in C Sharp Minor, Op.45
  • Prelude No.26 In A Flat Major, Op.Posth.

CD |D|D|D| 0289 481 1910 3 |G|H|

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