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{{short description|Chinese pianist and composer}}
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'''Liu Shikun''' ([[simplified Chinese]]: 刘诗昆; [[traditional Chinese]]: 劉詩昆; [[pinyin]]: ''Liú Shīkūn''; born March 8, 1939) is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] pianist and composer.
'''Liu Shikun''' ({{zh|s=刘诗昆 |t=劉詩昆 |p=Liú Shīkūn}}; born March 8, 1939) is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] pianist and composer.


He began his piano training at the age of three<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/176657.htm |title=Liu Shikun: Don't Wish to Be a Mozart When Playing Piano |publisher=China.org.cn |date=2006-08-02 |accessdate=2012-01-04}}</ref> and started publicly performing by the age of five. He won third prize and the Special Prize of the Liszt International Piano Competition in [[Hungary]] in 1956 and was awarded a strand of [[Franz Liszt]]'s [[hair]]. He then proceeded to win second prize in the First [[International Tchaikovsky Competition|Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition]] in [[Moscow]].<ref name=ref3>{{cite news|last=Trelawny |first=Petroc |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7436434.stm |title=Programmes &#124; From Our Own Correspondent &#124; China's love affair with the piano |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-06-05 |accessdate=2012-01-04}}</ref><ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=http://www.csipc.org/old/eng/infopage/84/20040420/249.asp?ClassID=84&InfoID=249 |title=Liu Shikun - International Piano Competition Shanghai, China |publisher=Csipc.org |date= |accessdate=2012-01-04}}</ref>
He began his piano training at the age of three<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/176657.htm |title=Liu Shikun: Don't Wish to Be a Mozart When Playing Piano |publisher=China.org.cn |date=2006-08-02 |accessdate=2012-01-04}}</ref> and started publicly performing by the age of five. He won third prize and the Special Prize of the [[Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (Budapest)|Liszt International Piano Competition]] in [[Budapest]] in 1956 and was awarded a strand of [[Franz Liszt]]'s [[hair]]. In 1958, he shared with [[Lev Vlassenko]] the second prize in the First [[International Tchaikovsky Competition|Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition]] in [[Moscow]].<ref name=ref3>{{cite news|last=Trelawny |first=Petroc |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7436434.stm |title=Programmes &#124; From Our Own Correspondent &#124; China's love affair with the piano |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-06-05 |accessdate=2012-01-04}}</ref><ref name=ref1>{{cite web |url=http://www.csipc.org/old/eng/infopage/84/20040420/249.asp?ClassID=84&InfoID=249 |title=Liu Shikun - International Piano Competition Shanghai, China |publisher=Csipc.org |date= |accessdate=2012-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115070746/http://www.csipc.org/old/eng/infopage/84/20040420/249.asp?ClassID=84&InfoID=249 |archive-date=2011-01-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Liu became one of China's top concert performers until 1966, when the [[Cultural Revolution]] and the [[Gang of Four]] attacked the country; Western music was banned and, along with thousands of other artists, Liu was arrested. He stayed in prison for eight years.<ref name=ref2>{{cite web|last=Jennes |first=Gail |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073409,00.html |title=Pianist Liu Shih-Kun Wins Bravos in Boston After Years of Forced Silence in a Peking Prison |publisher=People.com |date=1979-04-16 |accessdate=2012-01-25}}</ref><ref name=ref3/>
Liu became one of China's top concert performers until 1966, when the [[Cultural Revolution]] and the [[Gang of Four]] attacked the country; Western music was banned and, along with thousands of other artists, Liu was arrested. He stayed in prison for eight years.<ref name=ref2>{{cite web|last=Jennes |first=Gail |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073409,00.html |title=Pianist Liu Shih-Kun Wins Bravos in Boston After Years of Forced Silence in a Peking Prison |publisher=People.com |date=1979-04-16 |accessdate=2012-01-25}}</ref><ref name=ref3/>
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[[Category:Victims of the Cultural Revolution]]
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Latest revision as of 11:15, 20 October 2023

Liu Shikun
刘诗昆
Born (1939-03-08) March 8, 1939 (age 85)
Tianjin[1]
OriginBeijing, Moscow
Occupation(s)Pianist, composer
Instrument(s)Piano
Years active1944–present
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Shikun (simplified Chinese: 刘诗昆; traditional Chinese: 劉詩昆; pinyin: Liú Shīkūn; born March 8, 1939) is a Chinese pianist and composer.

He began his piano training at the age of three[2] and started publicly performing by the age of five. He won third prize and the Special Prize of the Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest in 1956 and was awarded a strand of Franz Liszt's hair. In 1958, he shared with Lev Vlassenko the second prize in the First Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.[3][4]

Liu became one of China's top concert performers until 1966, when the Cultural Revolution and the Gang of Four attacked the country; Western music was banned and, along with thousands of other artists, Liu was arrested. He stayed in prison for eight years.[5][3]

Liu studied at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music and graduated from the Moscow Conservatory of Music.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 獨家披露 公司清盤 被掠一億 劉詩昆細訴二十年悲慘婚姻 (詳盡版) - 時事 - 封面故事 東周網【東周刊官方網站】. East Week (in Traditional Chinese). 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. ^ "Liu Shikun: Don't Wish to Be a Mozart When Playing Piano". China.org.cn. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  3. ^ a b Trelawny, Petroc (2008-06-05). "Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | China's love affair with the piano". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  4. ^ a b "Liu Shikun - International Piano Competition Shanghai, China". Csipc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  5. ^ Jennes, Gail (1979-04-16). "Pianist Liu Shih-Kun Wins Bravos in Boston After Years of Forced Silence in a Peking Prison". People.com. Retrieved 2012-01-25.


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