Li Yundi

essential information

Early experience

1982: born in Dadukou District, Chongqing, the name used on the birth certificate is Li Xi, changed to Li Xi Xi when he was 3 years old, and changed to "Li Yundi" by his grandfather when he was 5 years old. "Yun" is because his ancestral home is Kunyang Town, Jinning County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, while "Di" means enlightening, inspiring and walking. pupillage

1986: at the age of 4, he began to study accordion with Mr. Tan Jianming in Chongqing Children's palace.

1987: 5 years old, successfully passed the accordion five level examination; in the same year, participated in Sichuan Province "Hongsheng Cup" children's Accordion Invitational Competition, won the first place with a song "flowers and youth".

1989: 7 years old, began to learn piano with teacher Wu Yong.

1991: 9 years old, recommended by piano teacher Wu Yong, transferred to Professor Dan Zhaoyi as a teacher.

1993: 11 years old, won the first prize in the first children's piano competition in Chongqing.

1994: 12 years old, participated in the first "Huapu Cup" National Children's piano competition, won the first prize, and was admitted to the attached middle school of Sichuan Conservatory of music.

1995: at the age of 13, he took part in the Stravinsky International Piano Competition in the United States and won the third place. He transferred to Shenzhen art school with Professor Dan Zhaoyi and toured Europe with Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra as a representative of Shenzhen Children's Art Troupe. For the first time, he appeared on the stage of Berlin Philharmonic Hall and Prague Smetana concert hall and performed the Yellow River Piano Concerto. The performance was warmly welcomed and highly praised Yang.

Li Yundi and his family

1997: 15 years old, won the first prize in the Yellow River Concerto Group, the highest group of the first China Piano Competition (Hong Kong).

1999: 17 years old, in March, he went to Holland to participate in the 5th Liszt International Piano Competition, and won the third place and "public Award"; in June, he won the first place in Gina Bacall International Young Artists piano competition; in December, he took part in the 2nd China International Piano Competition, and won the third place.

Acting experience

2000: in October, Li Yundi was selected by the Ministry of culture to participate as a Chinese player in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition held in Warsaw, Poland. At the age of 18, Li Yundi stood out from 98 competitors from various countries and regions in the world. After the first place in the two competitions was vacant for 15 years, he became the youngest gold medal winner in the history of Chopin International Piano Competition with an undisputed advantage In November, he and the Chinese Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Tang Muhai, held a concert of Chopin's "report to the motherland" at Zhongshan music hall in Beijing. The performance was reported on the front page of people's daily, and was also reported by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice president of the State Council Li Lanqing and Minister of Culture Sun Jiazheng attended the performance.

2001: in January, he played "Dear China, I love you" at the CCTV Spring Festival gala for the first time; in February, he premiered in Hong Kong at the invitation of the Hong Kong government. After the performance, he was given a banquet by Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, Secretary of Shenzhen municipal Party committee Zhang Gaoli and other government officials; he performed in Taiwan for the first time, causing a sensation, and the curtain call was seven times, and the audience still gave warm applause; then he joined the Communist Party of China The central Lantern Festival Gala performance, solo "brilliant waltz", received by President Jiang Zemin; in March, with the Russian National Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra cooperation, one after another in the Tchaikovsky concert hall, Shostakovich concert hall, winter palace Concert Hall performance; in April, officially signed the classical record company Deutsche Grammophon, elected the eighth Shenzhen city "Ten outstanding young people"; in May, he was selected as "100 young people who may influence China in the 21st century"; in June, he participated in a series of symphonic concerts dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China; in July, he held a recital in many cities in North America and graduated from Shenzhen Art School; in August, he held a recital at the closing ceremony of the 56th Chopin Art Festival in Poland; in September, he studied music and drama in Hanover, Germany In November, he joined hands with ye Yongshi and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra to play Chopin's First Piano Concerto in the Golden Hall of Vienna. In December, he released his first classical music album Chopin's selection, which won the platinum award for classical music. He took part in the 2002 Beijing New Year Concert hosted by Beijing Municipal Party committee and government and played the Great Poland Dance music.

2002: in February, he participated in the Spring Festival Gala of the Ministry of culture and played "impromptu fantasies"; he performed in the Great Hall of the people with Mikhail prednev and the Russian National Symphony Orchestra; in March, he attended the annual award ceremony of the International Chopin foundation as a special guest and performed in Warsaw palace; in July, he served as the fifth anniversary conference of Hong Kong's return and the second Hong Kong SAR government After the performance, President Jiang Zemin and Vice Premier Qian Qichen, accompanied by Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, stepped onto the stage, shook hands with the actors, congratulated them on their successful performance and took part in the youth concert of ten thousand people. In August, 20 touring performances were held in Japan, and a special TV series of the concert was specially produced by Japanese TV station. In September, the performances continued He held recitals in France, Spain, Holland and other places; in October, he was the guest of the finale performance of the Fifth Beijing International Music Festival; in November, he took part in the starry evening performance at the Champs Elysees Grand Theatre in Paris; in December, his first album Chopin Piano Collection won the best-selling Classical Music Record Award of IFPI Hong Kong record sales award and the second classical music album The album Liszt Piano Collection has been released all over the world. It has won many awards, such as the best solo record award of echo Music Award 2003 in Germany and the classic Record Award of Edison in Holland. It has been recommended as "the best classical music record of 2003" by the New York Times.

2003: in January, solo concerts were held in Zurich and Cologne; in February, solo concerts were held in Singapore and Hong Kong art festivals, performing in cooperation with the French National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kurt Marshall; in March, solo concerts were held in Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha, Xiamen, Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and other cities, all of which were performed in Chongqing station In April, he held a recital in Italy; in May, he held a recital in Spain and was invited to participate in the Prague Spring International Music Festival in Czech Republic; in June, he was invited to participate in a concert to celebrate the 150 week anniversary of Steinway's piano at Carnegie Hall in the United States and was awarded the Steinway artist's medal; in July, he was invited by Yang Jie, Chinese ambassador to the United States Chi held a reception at his official residence. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, former US Secretary of state Haig, former assistant for national security affairs Brzezinski, deputy secretary of state Larson, and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Hutchinson attended the reception. They were invited to cooperate with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in Philadelphia. In September, they performed in cooperation with the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Japan. The video of the performance was shown throughout the day Ben and Europe performed in Wanfu temple in Kyoto, Japan, and was produced by NHK TV station for special program broadcast. In cooperation with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra of the United States, he held a solo concert at Kennedy Art Center in Washington. In October, he cooperated with the Russian National Symphony Orchestra, and toured in four German cities, participated in the German echo Record Awards, won the annual solo performance award, and was invited to participate in the concert In November, he performed in Budapest with the Budapest Festival Orchestra of Hungary, and toured in Tokyo, Osaka, Kitakyushu, Yokohama and Yamagata of Japan, winning the fourth China gold record solo award and special award; in December, he held a Vienna solo and was selected into the New York Times 》The best classical music record of 2003, released the album "Encore collection", which included Encore repertoire of his concerts all over the world. He participated in China's national new year concert and Guangzhou New Year Music conference hosted by Guangzhou municipal Party committee and municipal government and live broadcast by CCTV to 72 countries and regions in the world.

2004: in January, participated in Beijing New Year Concert, held Concerto concerts in Osaka and Tokyo, launched autobiographical collection "portrait", played "the voice of friendship" with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in Shanghai Grand Theater to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Shanghai and Osaka friendship city; in February, performed in cooperation with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and held solos in Italy and Holland; in March, participated in the concert In April, the Swiss solo concert opened its first North American tour, and held seven solo concerts successively in Boston, Vancouver, New York and other places. The tickets for two Macao solo concerts sold out in 30 minutes, which was the highest in Macao. In May, the concerts were held in Germany, France and Poland In July, he collaborated with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and performed solo at the Montreal Music Festival in Canada; in August, he was invited to perform as a solo guest at the 10th Anniversary Concert of ozzier hall in the United States and participated in the Wiesbaden Music Festival in Germany and performed with the Kuala Lumpur Symphony Orchestra On September 20, he released his third classical music album Chopin's scherzo and impromptu, and participated in the Xiangjiang moon night Mid Autumn Festival Music evening. Dong Chee Hwa and his wife attended the evening party, in Bonn, Germany, in Hong Kong and in Beijing

Chinese PinYin : Li Yun Di