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Who are the famous pianists in contemporary China?

1. Kong Xiangdong

The best and most active Chinese pianist in the international music scene today. Audiences in more than 40 countries and regions have experienced his passionate playing in person, and he has been praised by Western media as "only one or two truly exciting talented pianists emerge in a century" and "a generation of genius pianists." Proud son".

2. Lang Lang

Lang Lang is a pianist from China, and his name has long been the most outstanding representative in the global cultural and artistic circles. Lang Lang held a solo concert in Shenyang at the age of 5. At the age of 9, he was admitted to the primary school affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music with first place.

At the age of 13, he performed Chopin's 24 etudes in the Beijing Concert Hall and in the same year Won the gold medal in the Tchaikovsky Young Musicians Piano Competition. At the age of 14, he was admitted to the famous Curtis Institute of Music in the United States with first place. At the age of 15, he was signed by the world's largest economic company IMG, becoming the youngest professional pianist to sign a contract. Home.

3. Li Yundi

In 2000, 18-year-old Li Yundi won the Chopin International Piano Competition Gold Medal, which had been vacant for 15 years, causing a sensation in the world music scene. He is the first Chinese pianist to appear on the cover story of the authoritative American financial newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" and "AERA", known as Japan's "Time Magazine";

He is the first Chinese pianist to be selected by Madame Tussauds. A Chinese pianist who is a wax figure of a celebrity; he is the first Chinese pianist to sign a contract with DG Records, the world's largest classical music company; he is the first Chinese pianist to release a live recording with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and he is also the first Chinese pianist to receive Poland's "honor" A Chinese with the "Art" Cultural Medal and the holder of the first Chopin Passport.

4. Wu Chun

The only young pianist in China who has received three international doctorates. He was praised by European media as "the Chinese piano star shining in Europe". Wu Chun was born in Wuhan. He started learning piano at the age of 4 and a half. At the age of 8, he won the first place in the Wuhan City Piano Competition. At the age of 10, he won the first place in the Hubei Provincial Art Talent Competition.

At the age of 13, he was admitted to the Wuhan Philharmonic Music School with first place, and represented Hubei Province in the National Piano Competition held in Hong Kong in 1997. At the end of 1998, I received an invitation from Professor Karina Popova to study at the Odessa State Music Institute of Ukraine. Won 16 international awards while studying abroad.

5. Yujia Wang

The world's young pianist, international piano player. He has been studying piano since 1993; in 1999, as an exchange student in the China-Canada "Morning Music Bridge" cultural exchange project, he went to Canada to study piano at Mount Royal Conservatory of Music in Calgary.

In 2005, he performed Beethoven's "Piano Concerto No. 4" with the Ottawa National Arts Center Orchestra conducted by Zuckerman. Won the "Gilmore Young Artist Award" in 2006; graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2008; in January 2009, signed an exclusive artist contract with the German DG record company.

6. Sun Yingdi

A master’s student in the Piano Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music became famous after winning the championship in the 7th Liszt International Piano Competition. In 2005, Sun Yingdi beat the competition and won first place in one of the most important international piano competitions - the 7th Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Utrecht, the Netherlands, becoming the first person to win this competition. Award-winning Chinese pianist.

He has won many domestic awards at a young age, including the Second National "Golden Bell Award" Piano Competition, the far-reaching "Baosteel Education Fund Award", and the Shanghai Literary Talents Fund Council. "Shanghai Special Award for Outstanding Literary and Artistic Talents" and a series of awards. , students whose majors are recognized by Dr. Wu Chun can get invitation letters from these schools.