Chopin - Complete Nocturnes | Warner 6083912

Chopin - Complete Nocturnes

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 6083912

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 8th March 2010

Contents

Artists

Yundi (piano)

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Nocturnes (21)

Artists

Yundi (piano)

About

EMI Classics has signed the talented young Chinese pianist Yundi, formerly known as Yundi Li, winner of the 14th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Appropriately, Yundi’s first EMI release is the complete Chopin Nocturnes, released to commemorate the composer’s 200th birthday in 2010. Yundi and EMI Classics are together recording the complete works for solo piano by Chopin.

Stephen Johns, Vice President, A&R, EMI Classics, said "We are extremely pleased to be welcoming Yundi to the EMI Classics label. Yundi's musicianship and artistry has already captivated audiences around the world, and his desire continually to seek new challenges mirrors our own ambitions to bring great music in new and innovative ways to a wide public. We are particularly excited by Yundi's championing of the music of Chopin and in this, his anniversary year."

Since the competition that catapulted Yundi onto the international stage, his recitals and appearances with orchestras in Europe, Asia and the United States have been hailed by critics extolling his precise, crystalline technique, keyboard fluidity and boundless enthusiasm. His personality and artistry appeal to audiences of all ages and he is an icon in his native China, where he has inspired millions of young people, who refer to him as the “Prince of the Piano.” He is equally the toast of national leaders and has been invited to perform for the Chinese Ambassador in Washington D.C. and for the President of China, Hu Jin Tao at Government House in a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China.

Yundi hails from Chongqing in the People’s Republic of China, where he first learned to play the accordion and won first prize in a competition at the age of five. He switched to the piano at seven and subsequently studied with Dan Zhao Yi, one of China’s most renowned piano teachers.

Yundi has performed with most of the major orchestras in North America, Europe, Russia, Israel and the Far East with conductors including Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Riccardo Chailly and Yuri Temirkanov. He has received particular distinction for his interpretations of concertos by Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, Ravel and Tchaikovsky. His recitals across North America, England, France, the Salzburg Festival, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Luxembourg and across Asia, have touched audiences and critics alike.

Yundi Li, the brilliant young Chinese pianist … has proved a technically astounding pianist who is by turns elegant and rambunctious, coolly expressive and white hot.” - The New York Times

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