Liu Shikun
Liu Shikun (born March 8, 1939) is a Chinese pianist and composer.
He begun his piano training at the age of three,[1] 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 with a strand of Franz Liszt's hair. He then proceeded to win second prize in the First Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.[2][3]
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 six years.[4][2]
Liu studied at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music and graduated from the Moscow Conservatory of Music.[3]
References
- ^ "Liu Shikun: Don't Wish to Be a Mozart When Playing Piano". China.org.cn. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Liu Shikun - International Piano Competition Shanghai,China". Csipc.org. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ 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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