Top ten young pianists in China: Tang Liling, Zhou Guangren, Wu Yili, Li Mingqiang, Gu Shengying, Liu Shikun, Bao Huiqiao, Yin Chengzong, Kong Xiangdong, Chen Sa, etc.
1. Tang Liling
Tang Liling is the first generation of Chinese pianist and music educator. She is a representative of the early German and Austrian piano schools in China. She is the representative of German and Austrian piano music works during the Republic of China. An authoritative performer, she was called a "natural performer" and "China's first-class pianist of tomorrow" by Italian pianist Mei Baiqi. She is one of the earliest female pianists in China to enjoy international reputation.
She was one of the first performers to introduce Western classical music works to China, and made a historic contribution to promoting the spread of Western music in China.
2. Zhou Guangren
Zhou Guangren, one of China’s top ten piano masters, is the first Chinese pianist to win an award in an international competition and is known as the “soul of Chinese piano education.” , she has directly trained and educated more than 300 professional piano talents. Many of her students have won awards in important international and domestic competitions, including well-known young pianists in China such as Pang Bo, Sheng Yuan, Liu Ning, and Wang Xiaohan. Named one of "China's Most Outstanding Women of the 20th Century".
3. Wu Yili
Chinese pianist Wu Yili is one of the pioneers of piano in China. In 1939, she collaborated with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra for the first time to perform Beethoven's First Piano Concerto. It aroused enthusiastic response in the industry.
Served as the first piano soloist of the Central Orchestra in the early 1950s. In 1962, he was named a national first-class pianist. In 2017, he was awarded the "World Outstanding Chinese Artist Award". Representative works: "The Master I", "The Master II", "The Last Rose of Summer", etc.
4. Li Mingqiang
Li Mingqiang is also often mentioned among the top ten Chinese pianists. He successively studied under German Jews Weidenborg, Yu Bianmin and Soviet expert Kravchin Ke. In 1956, he joined the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as artistic director of the Orchestral Department, and later transferred to teach in the Piano Department.
Won the third place in the 3rd Smetana International Piano Competition in the "Prague Spring", the first place in the 1st George Enescu International Piano Competition, and the 6th Chopin International Piano Competition. Fourth place in piano competition. He has performed in more than 20 countries and regions in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania, as well as in various parts of the country.
5. Gu Shengying
The famous female pianist Gu Shengying was one of the "Five Masters of Chinese Piano" in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957, she participated in the Sixth World Youth Gala in Moscow. Won a gold medal in the International Piano Competition.
In October 1958, she participated in the 14th International Piano Competition in Geneva and won the highest prize together with Maurizio Pollini, who later became a world-famous piano master. She became famous in the world of music. In April 1964 In September, he participated in the Belgian International Piano Competition and won the grand prize again. Later, he represented China to perform in the Netherlands and Finland.
6. Liu Shikun
Liu Shikun, one of the top ten Chinese pianists, graduated from the Moscow Conservatory of Music. His playing style is Russian-style, and his playing tone is rich, bright and majestic. fill. In 1956, he won the third place and the Hungarian Rhapsody Performance Award in the "Liszt International Piano Competition". In 1958, he won the second place in the first Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition.
In 1978, he toured the United States and was invited to perform at the White House. In 1992, he founded the Piano Art Center named after himself in Hong Kong. In 1994, he served as the director of the "10th Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition" Judges. He has been called "a pianist with rare magic power", "China's most outstanding pianist" and "a world-class piano master" by foreign newspapers and magazines.
7. Bao Huiqiao
Bao Huiqiao is one of the most famous pianists in China. Her playing skills are skillful, sincere, hard and soft, dazzling, and has a strong artistic appeal. In 1961, she was selected to participate in the domestic selection of the Second George Enescu International Piano Competition. Among many contestants across the country, she stood out and represented China in Romania to participate in the competition, and finally won fifth place.
Since 1970, she has been a piano soloist in the China Symphony Orchestra and won the title of national first-class performer. She has also served as a judge of international piano competitions for many times.
8. Yin Chengzong
Yin Chengzong is recognized as a Chinese piano master. The famous contemporary pianist Lang Lang is his student. At the age of 12, he will be admitted to the Shanghai Music Institute with first place results. In the middle school attached to the college, in 1959, when he was 18 years old, he won the first prize in the piano competition of the 7th World Youth Festival in Vienna. He quickly became popular after successfully adapting and performing the piano accompaniment of "The Story of the Red Lantern" and the piano concerto "Yellow River".
He has also collaborated with conductors such as Ormandy and Abbado who visited China; he has recorded more than 20 albums, including the "Yellow River" Piano Concerto he collaborated with the China Central Orchestra in 1971. millions of photos.
9. Kong Xiangdong
The famous Chinese pianist Kong Xiangdong also has a certain influence internationally. He is one of the best and most active Chinese pianists in the international music scene today. 1986 He twice became the youngest winner of the Moscow Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 1987 and the Santander International Competition in Spain in 1987, which attracted the attention of the world's music scene. In 1992, he won the fifth Sydney International Piano Competition in one fell swoop. The first prize in the piano competition and four special awards.
In 2004, he was invited by the Austrian Federal Chancellery and became the first Chinese musician to hold a piano solo concert in the Vienna Golden Hall. So far, audiences from more than 40 countries and regions have experienced his performance in person. His passionate performance was praised by the Western media as "only one or two truly exciting talented pianists emerge in a century."
10. Chen Sa
Chen Sa is also a must-have in the ranking of young Chinese pianists. This beautiful pianist was called "the best among her peers" by London Classical FM Radio. One of the dazzling performers."
In 1996, at the age of 16, she became the youngest winner in the history of the Leeds Piano Competition in the UK. In 2000, she won fourth place in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition held in Warsaw, Poland. and the Best Performance Award for Polonaise, and won the Crystal Award at the 2005 Van Cliburn Piano Competition in the United States.
She was also included in Tokyo's famous "Hundred Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century" series. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, the Polish government also awarded Chen Sa a Chopin Art Passport to reward her for her work in Promote the achievements and contributions of Chopin's music.