Li Yundi

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Li Yundi

Li Yundi ( Chinese  李云迪 , Pinyin Lǐ Yúndí , IPA : [lì jy̌nd̥ǐ]) (born October 7, 1982 in Chongqing , People's Republic of China ) is a Chinese pianist . Since around 2012, Yundi Li has only used his first name Yundi as an artist name, as some artists before him did, such as Solomon Cutner .

childhood

Li Yundi only started playing the piano at the age of 7. After only two years he switched to Dan Zhao Yi, one of the most famous piano teachers in China, with whom Li Yundi studied for nine years. Since 1994 he has studied at the Shenzhen Arts School. He later studied with Arie Vardi at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover. In 2002 his first CD with music by Chopin was released. Since March 2004 he has been giving concerts in which he mainly plays works by Chopin and Liszt .

Prices

Li won the international Missouri Southern Piano Competition (Junior Division) in 1998, and a year later he won third place at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht. In the same year he also won the Chinese International Piano Competition. In 1999 he was the winner of the gold medal at the international Gina Bachauer Young Artists piano competition. In October 2000, at the urging of the Chinese Ministry of Culture, Li took part in the 14th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. After two competitions in 1990 and 1995 in which no first prize was awarded, he was the first winner of the first prize in 15 years. In addition, at the age of 18, he was the youngest award winner and also the first Chinese pianist to win this prestigious award. Li was also awarded the Chopin Society's "Polonaise award" for playing the piano at the competition.

CDs & DVDs

At the beginning of his career, Yundi Li was an exclusive artist for the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Around 2010 he switched to EMI. In 2012 he returned to Deutsche Grammophon

  • 2002: Chopin (Sonata in B minor, Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise brillante, Etudes, Nocturnes, Fantaisie-Impromptu)
  • 2003: Liszt (Sonata in B minor, la Campanella etc.)
  • 2004: Chopin (4 Scherzi, 3 Impromptus)
  • 2005: Vienna Recital (Scarlatti, Mozart, Schumann, Liszt)
  • 2005: DVD: Chopin Scherzi, Liszt Sonata in B minor
  • 2007: Liszt, Chopin: Piano Concertos No. 1
  • 2008: Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
  • 2009: Yundi - The Young Romantic (Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo op.20, Scherzo op.31, Scherzo op.39, Scherzo op.54; Franz Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini: La Campanella)
  • 2010: Live in Beijing
  • 2010: Frédéric Chopin, Complete Nocturnes
  • 2011: Yundi: the Red Piano (Xian Xinghai: The Yellow River Piano Concerto; Zhang Zao, Wang Jianzhong : 15 Chinese folk songs)
  • 2012: Yundi: Beethoven Piano Sonatas （Appassionata , Moonlight Sonata , Pathétique）
  • 2014: Yundi: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Yundi, Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Harding) and Robert Schumann: Fantasy in C major op. 17
  • 2015: Yundi: Chopin Preludes (24 Préludes, Op.28, Prélude No.25 in C Sharp Minor, Op.45, Prélude No.26 in A Flat Major, Op.Posth.)
  • 2016: Yundi: Chopin Ballades, Berceuse, Mazurkas op.17

Web links

Commons : Li Yundi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/24235.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/pianist-yundi-is-back-with-deutsche-grammophon
personal data
SURNAME Li, Yundi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 李云迪 (Chinese); Lǐ, Yúndí (Pinyin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese pianist
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Chongqing , PR China