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Yundi Li - Chopin Ballade No 1,Op 23 in Berlin [Album Trailer]

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02/06/2020 - Queensland Performing Arts Centre / Brisbane, Australia
02/13/2020 - San Jose Center for the Performing Arts / San Jose, CA
02/15/2020 - Orpheum Theatre / Los Angeles, CA
03/09/2020 - Auditorium Theatre / Chicago, IL
1 Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
2 Chopin - Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38
3 Chopin - Ballade No.3 in A Flat, Op.47
4 Chopin - Ballade No.4 in F Minor, Op.52
5 Chopin - Berceuse in D Flat Major, Op. 57
6 Chopin - No.1 in B Flat Major [4 Mazurkas, Op.17]
7 Chopin - No.2 in E Minor [4 Mazurkas, Op.17]
8 Chopin - No.3 in A Flat Major [4 Mazurkas, Op.17
9 Chopin - No.4 in A Minor [4 Mazurkas, Op.17]
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Yundi, the Chinese dazzling pianist acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal for his ‘poetic depth and patrician elegance,' continues his award-winning exploration of the works of Chopin with Chopin Ballades, released on Mercury Classics / Deutsche Grammophon/ Universal Music Classics. For his new all-Chopin recording, Yundi performs the Opus 17 set of four Mazurkas, the Berceuse (Op 57), and all four Ballades. The latter works were composed between 1831 and 1842, and contain some of the composer's most operatic writing, as well as his most challenging technical demands.

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  • Miguel and Yundi Li perform together at 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show / CBS.com
    Posted At: November 30, 2017

    R&B singer Miguel teams up with classical pianist Yundi Li for "Pineapple Skies" for the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai. YUNDI has released fifteen CDs worldwide on Deutsche Grammophon and EMI Classics. In 2003 the album Liszt won the German Echo Album solo award, the Netherlands Edison Award, the Chinese Gold Record Award and the New York Times ‘Annual Recommendation&...

  • Li Yundi to begin concert tour of 5 Chinese cities with Warsaw Philharmonic / Global Times
    Posted At: August 14, 2017

    Chinese pianist Li Yundi will share the stage with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra for a series of concerts in China as a part of pre-celebration events for the 100th anniversary of Polish independence in 2018, Wu Promotion, the promoters of the event, announced in Beijing Thursday.  The concerts will be held in Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai from August 29 to September 5.&nb...

  • Yundi plays Dublin's National Concert Hall / Irish Times review
    Posted At: April 24, 2016

    Chopin is this man's bread-and-butter. Chinese pianist Yundi has been a high-profile, specialist purveyor of Chopin since taking first prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2000 – and at age 18, its youngest ever winner. He is marketed as a phenom, single-named, focused on a single composer, and on the front line of China's western classical music revolution. Once the lig...

  • Yundi's sound exactly right for Chopin at Royal Festival Hall / The Telegraph
    Posted At: April 20, 2016

    Anyone who dropped by the Royal Festival Hall last night at around 7.00pm would have assumed a pop star was on the billing. The place was swarming with ardent maidens, posing for selfies alongside PR photos of a tall languidly handsome young Chinese man with disdainful, romantic look. The star was in fact Yundi, the only rival to Lang Lang for title of leading Chinese pianist. It soon beca...

  • How does Yundi choose his instrument? / CLASSIC fm
    Posted At: April 14, 2016

    Pianists, generally speaking, do not take their instruments with them (although Vladimir Horowitz was a notable, determined exception). So how do they go about choosing the right instrument for a recital? We filmed classical star Yundi while he did just that…Yundi is performing a recital of Chopin at London's Southbank Centre on 19th April – and the Royal Festival Hall has a handful of Stein...

  • Irish Independant Q&A with Yundi Li
    Posted At: April 6, 2016

    Passion, sacrifice and dedication. These have been the tenets of Yundi Li's life. Ciara Dwyer met the Chinese pianist in London who told her how he became a classical superstar. The 33-year-old Chinese pianist utters this is in a very matter-of-fact fashion; such was his norm. From a Western perspective it's easy to forget these strictures, which began in 1979 and only ended last year. You wonder...

  • Yundi Li Q&A with The Financial Times
    Posted At: April 2, 2016

    In 2000, Yundi Li, then 18, was the youngest-ever winner of the Gold Medal at the International Chopin Competition, and also the medal's first Chinese winner. It was the first time in 15 years that any competitor had been judged worthy of the top award. Now 33, he recently had 11 albums in the Chinese classical music chart's top 15. For his new all-Chopin recording on DG, Yundi performs the Opus 17 set o...

  • Yundi - Chopin Ballades / WFMT: Featured Release
    Posted At: February 28, 2016

    Acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal for his "poetic depth and patrician elegance," Yundi continues his award-winning exploration of the works of Chopin with the complete Ballades. The four works were composed between 1831 and 1842 and contain some of Chopin's most challenging demands. To complete the album, Yundi also performs the Opus 17 set of Mazurkas and the Berceuse, Op 57. Chopin: Ballade ...

  • Yundi leads with quiet force at Disney Hall / Los Angeles Times
    Posted At: February 23, 2016

    The Chinese pianist Yundi Li, popularly known simply as Yundi, let his hands drop dramatically from the keyboard after a powerful passage toward the end of Chopin's Ballade No. 4 in F Minor. The virtuoso-like flourish inadvertently signaled the end of the piece, prompting a burst of disruptive applause from an enthusiastic Walt Disney Concert Hall audience - even though the piece called for an otherw...

  • Yundi finds grace and poetry in new recording of Chopin Ballades / KUAF Radio
    Posted At: February 22, 2016

    Yundi, the Chinese dazzling pianist acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal for his ‘poetic depth and patrician elegance,' continues his award-winning exploration of the works of Chopin with Chopin Ballades, released on Mercury Classics / Deutsche Grammophon/ Universal Music Classics. He also embarks on a major international tour this Spring and will perform with the Los Angeles Phi...

  • Yundi - Chopin Preludes / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: October 14, 2015

    New Classical Tracks is a Syndicated Feature airing Nationally on Classical 24 & Statewide on Minnesota Public Radio. Listen to Julie Amacher's Feature with Yundi. READ THE TRANSCRIPT - "This year is actually the 15th anniversary to celebrate when I won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw," says Chinese pianist Yundi Li, "so I started this Chopin project as a tribute to Chopin." At...

  • Yundi's Chopin - Preludes / Houston Public Radio: Classical Classroom
    Posted At: October 6, 2015

    This Classroom teacher needs only one name: Madonna! JK! But he's also a world-famous musician: Pianist Yundi teaches about Chopin's Preludes, all of which he recently recorded on his new album - Chopin: Preludes. Fifteen years after his historic first prize at the Chopin Competition in 2000, YUNDI returns to this repertoire. His first Chopin studio recording since 2010, this recording is the fir...

  • Yundi - Chopin: Preludes / All Classical Portland 'CD Spotlight'
    Posted At: October 5, 2015

    Yundi, who at 18 was the youngest winner of the Chopin International Competition, is renowned for his interpretation of the great, Polish-born Romantic composer. Chopin's music has continued to figure in Yundi's recitals in recent years, but after his first few CDs, the Chinese pianist moved on to other corners of the repertoire, recording Prokofiev, Liszt, Beethoven and the like. Now, with "Yundi Ch...

  • Yundi - Chopin: Preludes / WFMT: New Release Of the Week
    Posted At: October 4, 2015

    Pianist Yundi returns to Chopin – the composer he is most closely associated with. This album features Chopin's complete Preludes, a collection of beloved works for solo piano. The release coincides with the 15th anniversary of Yundi's legendary victory at the International Warsaw Chopin Competition in 2000. At 18 he was the youngest and first-ever Chinese winner. Chopin: 24 Preludes, O...

  • Yundi - Chopin: Preludes / KDFC: CD Of the Week
    Posted At: October 4, 2015

    Chinese pianist Yundi made history in 2000 by becoming the youngest person ever (18) to win the International Chopin Competition. This year he will be the youngest jury member ever of the prestigious competition. For his latest album, he has recorded the complete Chopin Preludes; 24 short works in every major and minor key. The recording is the first step in Yundi's Chopin Project, which will continu...

  • Yundi discusses The Complete Chopin Preludes with WGTE Radio
    Posted At: September 25, 2015

    Fifteen years after his historic first prize at the Chopin Competition in 2000, YUNDI returns to the repertoire in which he first came to public and critical acclaim, and which has continued to inspire some of his most dazzling performances. For his latest album, his first Chopin studio recording since 2010, he records the complete Chopin Preludes (to be released September 25). The recording is the first...

  • Yundi interviews with WCPE Radio about new Chopin Preludes album
    Posted At: September 3, 2015

    Fifteen years after his historic first prize at the Chopin Competition in 2000, YUNDI returns to the repertoire in which he first came to public and critical acclaim, and which has continued to inspire some of his most dazzling performances. For his latest album, his first Chopin studio recording since 2010, he records the complete Chopin Preludes (to be released September 25). The recording is the first...

  • Yundi interviews with KMFA Radio
    Posted At: August 26, 2015

    With 17 million followers on Weibo, the popular social media channel in China, Yundi has more fans than many countries have residents. With the list of accolades in his classical piano background and his approachable demeanor, one can understand the draw of this particular young man.  In 2000, at age eighteen, Yundi (then, Yundi Li) was the youngest ever winner of the Chopin Piano...

  • Yundi - Emperor/Fantasie is WQED's CD Spotlight
    Posted At: August 24, 2015

    YUNDI's Deutsche Grammophon | Mercury Classics CD featuring Beethoven's Emperor Concerto along with a performance of the major solo work, Schumann's Fantasie in C marks the pianists second recording with the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Daniel Harding. Deemed the "classical pianist with a rock star following" by CNN, YUNDI has developed an astounding profile in his homeland of ...

  • Yundi discusses new Chopin Preludes disc w/WRCJ: Detroit / Listen
    Posted At: August 12, 2015

    Fifteen years after his historic first prize at the Chopin Competition in 2000, YUNDI returns to the repertoire in which he first came to public and critical acclaim, and which has continued to inspire some of his most dazzling performances. For his latest album, his first Chopin studio recording since 2010, he records the complete Chopin Preludes (to be released September 25). The recording is the first...

  • Yundi makes Ravinia festival debut / Chicago Classical Review
    Posted At: July 7, 2015

    It was a starry Sunday at the Ravinia Festival's Martin Theatre. In the afternoon, celebrated pianist Yundi took the stage to present a rich all-Romantic program, followed by an appearance by soprano Dawn Upshaw with The Knights, a New York-based chamber orchestra. Though both Upshaw and the Knights are familiar faces at Ravinia, Sunday's recital marked Yundi's festival debut. The 32-year-old pianist...

  • Yundi - Emporer/Fantasy / WRTI: Classical New Releases
    Posted At: August 19, 2014

    Chinese pianist Yundi has developed and matured significantly in the years since he became the youngest pianist to win the International Chopin Competition in 2000 at the age of 18.  His formidable technique is on display here in a Beethoven Emperor Concerto performance so assured it may strike some as a tad on the cool side. But his real achievement is the sheer poetry and architectural mastery he ...

  • Yundi releases new video of Flight of the Bumblebee on Youtube
    Posted At: June 5, 2014

    Yundi's latest album Emperor/Fantasy was internationally on March 10th, 2014. Following his platinum-selling album of three Beethoven sonatas, Yundi continues his exploration of the composer's most important works. In his second recording with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Yundi takes on the epic "Emperor" Concerto. It is coupled with Schumann's exuberant Fantasy in C major for solo piano. Wat...

  • Yundi - Emperor/Fantasy / Limelight Magazine review
    Posted At: May 29, 2014

    In his native China, Yundi is as close to a pop star as a classical musician can get, with millions of Twitter followers, screaming fans, and sold-out tours. On hearing this fresh and sometimes even inspired performance of the venerable old Emperor Concerto on his new album Emperor/Fantasy, it's easy to understand the fuss. Of course having Daniel Harding conduct the Berlin Philharmonic is a huge bonus, ...

  • Yundi - Emporer/Fantasy / Audiophile Audition review
    Posted At: May 27, 2014

    Chinese piano virtuoso Yundi (Li) turns his attention to the German tradition on Emporer/Fantasy (rec. January-February 2014) with the able assistance of the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Daniel Harding, inscribing Beethoven's mightiest concerto from 1809-1810 and Schumann's homage to Beethoven from 1836, his monumental Fantasy in C Major. The result must be accorded a sonorous success, if not a comp...

  • Yundi - Beethoven: Emperor Concerto is WFMT ' New Release Of the Week'
    Posted At: May 18, 2014

    Yundi was propelled on to the international stage when he won first prize at the 2000 Chopin International Piano Competition at the age of 18, becoming the youngest and first Chinese winner in the history of the prestigious competition. His latest release pairs Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with a performance of a major solo work, Schumann's Fantasy in C. Yundi's Beethoven: Piano C...

  • Yundi - Emporer/Fantasy / Sinfini Music interview
    Posted At: May 16, 2014

    Yundi is one of the world's most popular pianists, often described as China's classical equivalent of Justin Bieber. Constantly on tour around the world, Yundi takes time out to meet classical music commentator Norman Lebrecht. They discuss China's passion for the piano, what it takes to play Chopin and much more. Yundi also performed Schumann's epic Fantasie – a piece that the com...

  • Yundi's Chopin Nocturnes on WNYC's Soundcheck
    Posted At: May 19, 2010

    The artist formerly known as Yundi Li is a superstar in his native China. His face shows up on billboards and ads almost as much as that of his colleague and contemporary, Lang Lang, but the young pianist has dropped his family name and now goes by his given name only. As Yundi, he told us that he hopes to offer a friendlier, more accessible profile to his sizable global audience. One thing that has ...
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