When it comes to the profession of pianist, most people will think of international piano masters such as Beethoven and Mozart for the first time. In fact, there are many excellent pianists in China, in addition to the well-known young pianist Lang Lang, there are many very outstanding pianists of the older generation, the following small series for you to take stock of some of China's famous pianists.
1. Xian Xinghai – (1905 – 1945)
Xian Xinghai, a famous composer and pianist in modern and modern China, is also a member of the Communist Party of China, known as the "People's Musician". He studied and lived in France for five years, deeply studied the composition techniques of Western modern music, and enriched his musical accomplishment. After graduating and returning to China, he threw himself into the creation of anti-war songs and music to save his life, and in 1939, he composed the "Yellow River Chorus", after which the song was widely sung. His representative works also include "On the Taihang Mountain" and "Go to the Enemy's Rear"
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2. Liu Shikun – (1939 - )
Born in Tianjin in 1939, Liu Shikun is a Chinese pianist. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory of Music and played in the style of a Russian piano. He has excellent musical talent, and has skillful skills and very quick touches. He emphasizes the granularity of the notes when playing, as well as the strong fingers to shape the loud tone, and his playing style is strong, simple, atmospheric and full of vitality.
3. Yin Chengzong – (1941 - )
He is a Chinese musician, pianist and composer, born in Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, Fujian Province, the "hometown of the piano". During the Cultural Revolution, he completed the creation and performance of the piano accompaniment "Red Lantern", and was included in the list of "Eight Model Plays", at the same time, he is also a marvel in the history of Chinese music and opera, as one of the creators of the piano concerto "Yellow River", his classic interpretation of "Yellow River" is the most authoritative. His piano playing style is pure and skillful, and he has won wide recognition in the international music scene with his outstanding piano playing style and ability to interpret works.
4. Kong Xiangdong – (1968 - )
Kong Xiangdong is one of the best and most active Chinese pianists in the international music scene today, and he has been praised by the Western media as "a genius pianist who can only produce one or two in a century, and can really inspire people" and "the proud son of a generation". He once composed the 2008 Olympic song "Forever Friends" with Italian composer Giorgio Molodel. At the celebration concert celebrating the first anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, Kong Xiangdong performed a "Yellow River Piano Concerto," which caused a sensation at home and abroad for a time, and President Jiang Zemin enthusiastically praised it as "the most exciting performance."
5. Zhao Yinyin – (1972 - )
Zhao Yinyin is an Australian-Chinese piano player who graduated from the Juilliard School of Music, and is the third Chinese to receive the title of "Steinway Exclusive Pianist" after Kong Xiangdong and Yin Chengzong. He has a profound classical music cultivation, has a very unique view of classical music, and has formed a mature set of classical music aesthetic concepts. His playing skills can bring the mysterious and distant Baroque music closer to the audience.
6. Lang Lang – (1982 - )
Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist and a United Nations messenger of peace, graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States. The outside world once commented on him as "Lang Lang let classical music, a niche art, blow a "whirlwind" in the international music scene." The classical music industry loves Lang Lang, not only because of his professional achievements, but also because of his promotion and dissemination. His presence on the international stage has enriched foreigners' imaginations of Chinese stories."
7. Wu Chun – (1982 - )
He was the only Chinese pianist to receive three PhDs, and his playing skills were skilled, and his playing style was called "both Chopin's elegance and Liszt's passion".
It is precisely because of these excellent pianists that Chinese pianists will occupy a higher position in the world and let the world listen to China's voice.