YUNDI LI – Pictures at an Exhibition January 18, 2009

Dimension Performing Arts is proud to present Yundi Li – Pictures at an Exhibition on January 18, 2009 at 7:30 pm at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino, California. Yundi will be performing music by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt and Mussorgsky.

“Li has proved a technically astounding pianist who is by turns elegant and rambunctious, coolly expressive and white-hot.” – The New York Times

The youngest winner of the prestigious International Chopin Competition and the first pianist in 15 years to be awarded the first prize as well as the first Chinese winner, Yundi Li is the superstar pianist - a household name in China where classical music is worshiped. Yundi’s musical career began with the accordion at 4. His prodigious talent was recognized one year later, when he won the top prize at the Chongqing Accordion Competition. At 7, Yundi began his journey to greatness on the piano. At 18, Yundi burst onto the European scene, claiming First Prize at the 14th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. His subsequent rise to international acclaim has made him a hero back in China, where secondary school children now study Yundi’s success story, with the hopes that one day they too will be able to make their dreams come true.

Yundi Li has transcended the classical world: He is the first pianist featured in a Wall Street Journal’ cover story as well as the Japanese “Time” magazine” called AERA; he is the first Chinese musician selected and featured in Madame Tussauds; he is the first Chinese pianist who recorded with Berlin Philharmonic and Maestro Seiji Ozawa. “The Young Romantic”, a documentary film of the superstar pianist Yundi Li, featuring Maestro Seiji Ozawa and Berlin Philharmonic will be broadcasted worldwide on TV this spring through PBS, ZDF, NHK, CCTV as well as other stations, reaching more than 100 million persons.

In February 2007, Yundi released his fifth recording to immense critical acclaim. The London Times, comments that “this disc of Liszt and Chopin’s first piano concertos gives ample proof that virtuosity needn’t be empty-headed or lit by candelabras. This would rate an unqualified A grade.…Yundi Li is never reckless; there’s always an artist in firm control, sculpting both tone and phrasing.” This recording stands apart from the music of his contemporaries, and critics consistently marvel at the young musician’s unwavering artistic integrity.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity!

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