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YUNDI XU

 

Yundi Xu, a Chinese pianist, entered the CNSMDP at the age of 14, subsequently studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and completed the Konzertexamen at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at prestigious venues including the Berlin Konzerthaus, Salle Gaveau, Bolshoi Theatre, and the National Concert Hall in Taipei, collaborating with orchestras such as the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orchestra Filarmonica Pugliese. A prizewinner of several international competitions, she received the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation Prize at the Olga Kern International Piano Competition, First Prize at the Festival Internacional de Piano de Málaga, and was a quarter-finalist at the Clara Haskil Competition. She is a Young Steinway Artist.

PROGRAM

 

First round

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): La Valse, M. 72

Second round

Richard Wagner (1813–1883) – Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, S. 447

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61: No. 1, “Scherzo”

Semifinal

Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992): Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus: No. 15, “Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus”

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35

Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Images, 2ème série, L. 111

György Ligeti (1923–2006): Études, Book 1: No. 4, “Fanfares”

Final with Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18