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"Who is more powerful?"
The same is Lang Lang and Li Yundi, who were born in 1982.
Two of the most well-known professional pianists in China.
Because of their age, they have long been compared by the public and major media:
Even the number of fans and video playback of the two on foreign social platforms will be compared by netizens.
The number of video plays of the Lang Lang account of the netizen po
The number of video plays of Li Yundi's account by netizens
The same "piano genius".
Same classical music.
Highly overlapping careers do allow them to have a natural competitive relationship in some high-level performance opportunities.
For example, at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games 13 years ago, whether Lang Lang was the best candidate for piano performance is still a pity for Li Yundi.
So someone half-jokingly said: Lang Lang Li Yundi, "a moment of Yu Liang".
Stills from Romance of the Three Kingdoms
But here's the problem.
Who is Yu? Who is bright again?
In August 2021, Lang Lang posted a picture of his meal at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on social platforms.
The triumphant caption said: "Eating in the canteen of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, I will not look up at the incense."
What is the concept of the National Centre for the Performing Arts?.
Highly positioned National Center for the Performing Arts.
Just look at the location, on the west side of Tiananmen Square.
Lang Lang ate there because his music studio was stationed at the National Centre for the Performing Arts Taihu Stage Art Center.
In the future, he will hold master classes there and carry out public welfare art popularization activities.
On the day of the studio's listing, the president of the National Centre for the Performing Arts even came to congratulate him.
The degree of attention can be seen.
At the same time, Li Yundi on the other side was not idle.
Because of the phenomenon-level variety show "Brother With Thorns and Thorns", he has repeatedly appeared on the hot search.
In particular, he used the piano to score the "dispute" scene of Lin Zhixuan's several people.
The music coming from Li Yundi's fingertips, with the ups and downs of his teammates' emotions, cooperated seamlessly.
The effect far exceeds the post-production soundtrack of the program group, showing the master's style.
But in the eyes of many people, the "gap" has come out:
Lang Lang was in the temple-level music venue "opening teaching".
Li Yundi made his debut in a national-level variety show by singing and dancing into a group.
According to this, many melon-eating masses believe that:
The "Yu Liang" dispute between the two for more than ten years has finally begun to move towards the endgame, and the "victory and defeat" have gradually become clear.
But is that really the case?
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As a peer, Lang Lang Li Yundi's life trajectory has many similarities, all of which are young and famous.
When Li Yundi was 4 years old, at an age when most people were still ignorant, he was already interested in music.
That year, his parents took him to the Chongqing Children's Palace to play, and Li Yundi suddenly remembered the piano in front of him.
Li Yundi was a child
If you don't forget it, there will be an echo.
It's just that parents think he's still young to play the piano.
On his 4th birthday, he was given an accordion, so let's find the feeling first.
And it's the most beginner 4 bass kind.
As a result, a year later, 5-year-old Li Yundi went to Chengdu to participate in the Sichuan Provincial Children's Accordion Competition (at that time, Chongqing belonged to Sichuan Province).
Took a first place.
Two years later, the accordion in his hand has been replaced by a "high-end product" of 120 bass.
But in this child's heart, what he wants most is still the piano.
So when Li Yundi was 7 years old, his working-class parents gritted their teeth, found relatives and friends to piece together 4,000 yuan, and bought a piano to fulfill their children's dreams.
Champion Li Yundi
What is this concept?
Looking it up, the average annual salary of Chinese in 1989 was 1935 yuan, an average of less than 170 per month.
4,000 yuan is a huge amount of money.
Li Yundi, who switched tracks from the accordion, quickly surprised four seats, and won all the piano awards that could be won around him.
The teacher of the Children's Palace recommended him to Professor Dan Zhaoyi, a local music giant in Chongqing.
Later, Professor Dan was transferred to shenzhen to teach in the special zone, and he wanted to bring Li Yundi, a talented disciple, with him.
In 2000, Professor Dan and Li Yundi took a group photo in Poland
What is embarrassing is that Li Yundi's mother has resigned for many years to concentrate on practicing with her son, and there is only one income for his father at home, and the family is not well-off.
Fortunately, Professor Dan's school is a pity.
Li Yundi's tuition fees were waived, and all the expenses for his future overseas competitions were also covered.
At this point, Li Yundi's family came to Shenzhen from Chongqing.
South Yundi, North Langlang.
However, at that time, Lang Lang, who was north of the QinLing Mountains, was not so lucky.
Around the same time, Lang Lang's father wanted his son to go to Germany to participate in the International Youth Piano Competition.
However, because Lang Lang did not get a publicly funded quota, Lang Lang's father almost sent his son to participate in the competition at his own expense at the cost of ruining his family.
Lang Lang and Lang Guoren
Fortunately, this "northeast little fat paper" lived up to his father's hopes and finally came back with a championship.
Learning piano, Lang Lang even predates Li Yundi Kaimeng, touching the piano at the age of 3, and becoming the first place in the children's piano competition in the three eastern provinces at the age of 5.
Professor Zhu Yafen of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music told Lang Guoren: This child was born to play the piano.
Therefore, this became an important reason why Lang Lang's father resolutely quit his promising civil servant job and took Lang Lang to Beijing to learn the piano.
For a long time, Lang Lang and his father were in Beijing, while his mother worked alone in the northeast to earn money for their grandfather's living expenses.
Lang Lang and his parents
Lang Lang Li Yundi's experience as a teenager, like many prodigy stories, the road twists but can not hide the flowing talent.
But.
After they went to the international stage to become professional piano players, the direction of the story began to diverge.
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As we all know, Li Yundi became famous internationally because he represented China at the age of 18 in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition.
This is one of the most difficult music competitions in the world.
How high are the standards?
Before this competition, because there was no qualified candidate recognized by the organizing committee, the champion was simply vacant for 3 terms and 15 years.
Until the appearance of Li Yundi in 2000, he became a blockbuster and became the youngest champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition in history.
According to the consensus of the industry at that time: this award is also considered to be the most important and influential award won by New China in the international art competition.
Chopin International Piano Competition Li Yundi
Lang Lang's trajectory was completely different.
Because he competed abroad as a child, Lang Lang was appreciated by pianist Gary Graffman and had the opportunity to study in the United States.
At the age of 15, he signed with IMG Entertainment, the world's largest entertainment agency, under the matchmaking of Gary Graffman.
This is also the key reason why Lang Lang's business resources will be better later.
For example, Lang Lang won the "Echo Award" as many as 11 times, known as the German Grammy Award.
More reflected is his value and achievement in commercializing art in the field of classical music.
Lang Lang and Gary Graffman
Since his career, Lang Lang has participated in 11 documentaries.
1 TV series, 2 movies.
He has published 2 biographies and taught playing the piano.
One of the autobiographies, called "A Journey of a Thousand Miles", was almost remade into a movie by Wendi Deng.
The news now is that the book is being adapted by the famous Hollywood director Ron Howard (the director of "A Beautiful Mind").
The movie "A Beautiful Mind" is a biographical film about the mathematician Nash
It's just that Lang Lang's brokerage company is too "needle in the haystack" in seeking exposure, which sometimes backfires.
The 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing.
Because the men's 100m final had Bolt, it became the focus of everyone's attention.
However, a few minutes before the game, Lang Lang, dressed in casual clothes, suddenly appeared in the field and played a song in less than 10 seconds in a flash mob, which confused everyone.
Although it was an official performance organized by the tournament, it was criticized by the People's Network as "out of date".
After the game, even Bolt complained: "noise" has a certain impact on the game.
In terms of feelings, Lang Lang and Gina Alice love high-profile out of the circle again.
The team behind the scenes is very good at packaging promotion.
The two-person variety show received a soft hand, and Gina's popularity in the melon-eating masses even surpassed Lang Lang.
In August 2021, on the occasion of Gina Alice's birthday, Lang Lang presented a diamond ring and gave a soft wide ring to a certain brand.
Mr. and Mrs. Lang Lang
The brokerage company that Lang Lang is signing today is also a well-known international "big label".
Ronaldo, James, Tom Hanks and others are all signed stars under its umbrella.
In contrast, Li Yundi is much more low-key in business operations.
Talk about a relationship, Li Yundi's girlfriend who has been public for many years is only a girl from outside the circle, Tian Fei.
After signing a big-name agency, in order to improve Li Yundi's exposure, he was also arranged on various variety shows.
But it's more like a "make-up lesson" in business.
40% of the TV shows that Li Yundi took over were concentrated after 2020.
This is also why many viewers have the illusion of how Li Yundi suddenly lives in the variety circle.
In fact, Li Yundi is not idle in music, and in January 2020, he released the album "Chopin Piano Concertos".
In the same year, he participated in the CCTV National Day Concert.
Invited by People's Daily, he adapted the song "I Love You China".
Compared with Lang Lang, Li Yundi does not have a clever language expression, and is even very shy.
His embarrassment of being half a galaxy away from Meng Meiqi on a certain program was talked about by many melon-eating masses.
Therefore, it is a good thing for Li Yundi to appear on the highly topical program "Brother Who Cut Through Thorns".
We are living in an era of value pluralism.
"Piano artist" is just one of Li Yundi's identities, and for most people, this identity is high.
In "The Brother Who Cuts Through thorns", Li Yundi and Lin Zhixuan are a group, classical and modern, classic and popular sparks.
Bring him closer to the audience.
"The Thorny Brother"
The program objectively also provides a good opportunity for explanation.
Let these participating "brothers" respond to the "prejudices" of the past in their own way:
For example, Lee Seung-hyun, a grandfather who was wrongly judged to rely on his wife for food, surprised the whole country with a song "Flying in the Sky", proving that brother has strength.
Similarly, Li Yundi is also outputting "content" in his own way in the program.
For example, he is not good at "speaking", so he joins the "discussion" of his teammates with the sound of the piano.
Very Li Yundi, but also very variety.
Can't help but make people reflect on the "embarrassment" seen on variety shows in the past, is not the way we opened Li Yundi wrong.
About the "Yu Liang" controversy.
Perhaps it is just a healthy competition for art that has been stirred up by people.
Both are currently the top pianists in China.
Lang Lang may have more commercial value and expressiveness, and has his good.
Li Yundi may have been better at the artistic honors he has won in the past, and he has his magic.
But being able to have two people at the same time can only show that There are many Chinese talents.
How is a good thing.
Text/Porco Rosso Watch Movie Editorial Department: Van Silli
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