Schedule for World piano star Yundi Li recital. Frederick Chopin. 2022

Composer: Frederick Chopin
Piano soloist: Yundi Li

Internationally renowned pianist Yundi, a household name in his native China, was propelled into the international music scene in 2000 when he won first prize at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. At 18 years of age, he was not only the youngest and first Chinese winner in the history of the prestigious competition, but also the first pianist to be awarded the first prize for 15 years. Since then, he has been regarded as a leading interpreter of Chopin’s music.

Critically acclaimed for his technical precision and boundless enthusiasm, Yundi has collaborated with such prestigious orchestras as the Mariinsky Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In his regular recital tours, he has performed at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Zurich Tonhalle, Royal Festival Hall (London), Carnegie Hall (New York), Herkulesaal (Munich), Salle Pleyel (Paris), Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto), Suntory Hall (Tokyo) and the Verbier Festival (Switzerland).

In the 09/10 season, Yundi will be presented in the Chopin 200th anniversary festival in Warsaw, undertake two European tours, perform recitals across Japan and make return visits to Carnegie Hall, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Lanaudiere Festival (Canada).

Yundi has released seven CDs and DVDs worldwide. In 2007, he became the first Chinese pianist to record live with the Berlin Philharmonic and Seiji Ozawa. The disc of Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major met with rave reviews and was named ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Gramophone Magazine.

Born in Chongqing, Yundi began piano studies at age seven and, in 1995, moved with his family to Shenzhen, where he received training from Zhaoyi Dan at the Shenzhen Arts School. After his triumph at the Chopin International Piano Competition, he embarked upon six years of intensive musical studies at the Hochschule fьr Musik und Theater Hannover.