Li Yundi is a Chinese concert pianist popularly known as Yundi and formerly Yundi Li.
10 Facts About Li Yundi
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Li Yundi won the Children's Piano Competition in Beijing in 1994.
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Li Yundi won first place at the Gina Bachauer Young Artists International Piano Competition.
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Li Yundi was honoured at a special reception at the home of the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, where he performed for various officials of the US State Department.
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Li Yundi has given a recital in the renowned Musikverein in Vienna, performing works by Mozart, Scarlatti, Schumann, and Liszt.
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Li is the subject of a 2008 feature-length documentary, "The Young Romantic: A Portrait of Li Yundi", directed by Barbara Willis Sweete.
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Li Yundi played a repertoire of Chopin pieces in a sold-out concert.
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Li Yundi then released recordings of Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Beethoven Emperor Concerto and Schumann Fantasie, The Art of Yundi, Chopin Prelude, and Chopin Ballades, Berceuse and Mazurkas.
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Li Yundi soon released a new album on its label, Chopin's Piano Concertos Nos.
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Li Yundi was eliminated in episode 7, then returned in episode 10, only to be withdrawn after episode 11 in light of recent controversies.