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{{short description|Chinese pianist (born 1982)}}
{{Western name order|Li Yundi}}
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* Shenzhen Arts School
* [[Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover|Hochschule für Musik Hannover]]
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| years_active       = 1994–present
| occupation         = Pianist
| citizenship        = Hong Kong<ref name=citizenship/> 
| awards             = First Prize at [[XIV International Chopin Piano Competition|14th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition]] (2000)
| honours            = [[File:POL Srebrny Medal Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis BAR.png|40px|Silver [[Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis]]]]  [[File:POL Złoty Medal Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis BAR.png|40px|Gold [[Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis]]]]
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* [[EMI Classics]]
* [[Warner Classics]]}}
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'''Yundi Li''' ({{lang-zh|s=李云迪|t=李雲迪|p=Lǐ Yúndí}}; born 7 October 1982), also known simply as '''Yundi''' (stylized as '''YUNDI'''), is a Chinese classical concert pianist. Yundi is considered one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of [[Chopin]] and is also especially known for his interpretations of [[Liszt]] and [[Prokofiev]].

Yundi rose to fame for being the youngest pianist, at the age of eighteen, to win first prize at the [[XIV International Chopin Piano Competition|International Chopin Piano Competition]] in 2000. In 2015, he also served as the [[XVII International Chopin Piano Competition|competition's]] youngest-ever juror. In recognition to his contribution to [[Chopin]] pieces, the Polish government awarded Yundi with the world's first Chopin passport (''Chopinowskie paszporty''). Yundi is also the first Chinese recipient of both Silver (2010) and Gold (2019) [[Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis]] issued by the [[Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland)|Ministry of Culture and National Heritage]] of [[Polish government]], in regards to his contribution to both music and Polish culture.

Yundi has promoted [[Music of China|Chinese national music]] worldwide, as well as the development of classical music in China, both by his influence and philanthropy.

==Early life and education==
Yundi Li was born in [[Chongqing]], Sichuan, China on 7 October 1982.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Cummings |first=Robert |title=Yundi Li |work=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yundi-li-mn0002209910/biography |access-date=29 April 2022 |archive-date=29 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429193656/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yundi-li-mn0002209910/biography |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lee2001">{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Alan |date=18 January 2001 |title=Champion pianist inspires students at exchange forum |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/337077/champion-pianist-inspires-students-exchange-forum |access-date=5 May 2024 }} {{subscription required}}</ref> Both his father, Li Chuan ({{lang|zh-Hant|李川}}), and his mother, Zhang Xiaolu ({{lang|zh-Hant|张小鲁}}), worked for the [[Chongqing Iron and Steel Company]].<ref>{{cite web |title=李云迪的铁腕母亲张小鲁："家长的毅力就是孩子的动力。"  |trans-title=Zhang Xiaolu, Li Yundi’s iron-fisted mother: “The perseverance of parents is the motivation of their children.”|publisher=[[Sohu]] |language=Chinese |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/341160224_120190981 |access-date=5 May 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chan |first=Vivien Pik-Kwan |date=21 October 2000|title=Shenzhen pianist shows forte |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |page=5 |location=Hong Kong}}</ref> Although his family was not musically inclined, he began a formal [[music education]] at a very young age. At age three, he was so enchanted by an [[accordion]] performance at a shopping mall that he refused to leave.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bargreen|first=Melinda|date=10 April 2005|title=Piano prodigy loves what he is doing, as his brilliance attests|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/piano-prodigy-loves-what-he-is-doing-as-his-brilliance-attests/|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=6 February 2024|archive-date=6 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206023139/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/piano-prodigy-loves-what-he-is-doing-as-his-brilliance-attests/|url-status=live}}</ref> His parents subsequently bought him an accordion; he studied with Tan Jianmin, a local music teacher, he learned the instrument so quickly that he won the top prize at the Chongqing Children's Accordion Competition in March 1987.<ref name="Yomiuri">{{cite news| last =Kishinami| first =Yukiko| title =Piano prodigy restores luster to Chopin competition| page =1|work=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]| date =3 May 2001}}</ref>

Yundi began studying piano with Wu Yong at the age of seven. Two years later, Wu introduced him to [[Dan Zhaoyi]], a well-known piano teacher, with whom he studied for nine years.<ref name="Globe">{{cite news| last =Eatock| first =Colin| title =Pianist as pop star. Is Yundi Li better than Lang Lang? He says he doesn't care| page =R1| work =The Globe and Mail| location =Canada| date =13 February 2008| url =https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/pianist-as-pop-star/article1051260/| access-date =30 March 2016| archive-date =1 August 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160801070914/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/pianist-as-pop-star/article1051260/| url-status =live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Director |publisher=CSIPCC Organizing Committee Office |url=https://www.csipcc.com.cn/about-us/artistic-director/ |access-date=5 May 2024 }}</ref> In 1994, Yundi enrolled at the {{ill|深圳藝術學校|zh|lt=Shenzhen Arts School}} to join Dan, who had recently taken up a position there, with whom he studied for the next six years.<ref>{{cite web |title=特写："钢琴神童"李云迪震惊世界的背后 |url=https://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/32532.html |website=新浪网 |publisher=生活时报 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223215021/https://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/32532.html |archive-date=23 February 2001 |language=chinese |date=12 February 2001|trans-title=Close-up: Behind the scenes of "piano prodigy" Yundi Li who shocked the world}}</ref> Yundi attracted interest from renowned schools of music, including the [[Eastman School of Music]] and [[Juilliard School]],<ref name="okla">{{cite web |title=Piano Prodigy To Visit|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1999/06/28/piano-prodigy-to-visit/62237430007/ |publisher=[[The Oklahoman]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402071546/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1999/06/28/piano-prodigy-to-visit/62237430007/ |archive-date=2 April 2024 |date=28 June 1999 |url-status=live}}</ref> and was invited to study at the latter by [[Jerome Lowenthal]].<ref name="book">{{cite book |title=但昭义钢琴艺术人生 |date=1 November 2011 |publisher=上海音乐出版社 |page=153|language=zh|trans-title=Dan Zhaoyi's Life for the Art of Piano|isbn=9787807518730}}</ref> From 2001 to 2006, he studied under [[Arie Vardi]] at the [[Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover]] in [[Hannover]], Germany.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arie Vardi: An artist's only competition is against himself |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2011-11/03/content_6199718.htm |work=[[Shenzhen Daily]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727214745/http://www.szdaily.com/content/2011-11/03/content_6199718.htm |archive-date=27 July 2012 |date=3 November 2011}}</ref>

== Career ==
===Signing with Deutsche Grammophon===
Yundi has gained international recognition since winning the [[XIV International Chopin Piano Competition]] in 2000, as he became the first competitor to be awarded the First Prize in 15 years since [[Stanislav Bunin]] won it in 1985,<ref name="competitions">{{cite web |title=Teen's Golden Note |url=http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/2000/1103/as.people.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131153428/http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/2000/1103/as.people.html |archive-date=31 January 2011 |date=3 November 2000}}</ref> as well as the youngest and first Chinese first-prize winner.<ref name="ch c">{{cite web |title=Winner of Chopin Competition 2000: Yundi Li – first time in California |url=https://polishmusic.usc.edu/newsletter/2001/july-2001/ |website=Polish Music Center |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613185733/https://polishmusic.usc.edu/newsletter/2001/july-2001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since then, he has collaborated with leading orchestras worldwide, including the [[Berlin Philharmonic|Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]],<ref name="ber">{{cite web |title=EditorsChoice: Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2, Op 16 Ravel Piano Concerto |url=https://gramophone.net/Issue/Page/May%202008/79/746668/Prokofiev%E2%80%A2Ravel%2BProkafiev%2BPiano%2BConcerto%2BNo%2B2%2C%2BOp%2B16%2BRavel%2BPiano%2BConcerto |work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125030513/https://gramophone.net/Issue/Page/May%202008/79/746668/Prokofiev%E2%80%A2Ravel+Prokafiev+Piano+Concerto+No+2%2C+Op+16+Ravel+Piano+Concerto |archive-date=25 January 2010 |date=May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Leipzig Gewandhausorchester]], [[Mahler Chamber Orchestra]], and [[Philharmonia Orchestra]].<ref name="bi">{{cite web |title=Yundi Biography |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/yundi/biography |website=Deutsche Grammophon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127123657/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/yundi/biography |archive-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>

In 2001, Yundi became the first Chinese pianist signed by [[Deutsche Grammophon]] (DG) for which he exclusively recorded until 2008. His first album for the label was ''Yundi Li: Chopin''. It was first released in Japan and warmly welcomed.<ref name="Prize Winning Pianist Releases CD">{{cite web |title=Prize Winning Pianist Releases CD |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/24235.htm |website=China.org.cn |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055414/http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/24235.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In its review, ''[[Gramophone magazine]]'' wrote, "his unequivocal triumph is faithfully mirrored on his DG début album in performance after performance. Everything is naturally and enviably proportioned (a rare but necessary attribute in the everelusive Chopin)‚ everything fuelled alike by a style and poise way beyond his teenage years".<ref>{{cite web |title=Chopin Piano Works |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/chopin-piano-works-74 |website=Gramophone |access-date=7 October 2022 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007190743/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/chopin-piano-works-74 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Yundi made his [[Carnegie Hall]] debut in 2003, performing in a concert celebrating the 150th Anniversary of [[Steinway & Sons]]. [[Bernard Holland]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "Yundi Li, a young but seasoned competition gladiator, played Chopin and Liszt with a promising mix of elegance and impetuosity."<ref name="AllMusic"/><ref name="chopin and liszt">{{cite web |title=MUSIC REVIEW; A Tribute Not to Artists But to the Piano They Play |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/arts/music-review-a-tribute-not-to-artists-but-to-the-piano-they-play.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 June 2003 |access-date=14 August 2022 |archive-date=14 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814190001/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/arts/music-review-a-tribute-not-to-artists-but-to-the-piano-they-play.html |url-status=live |last1=Holland |first1=Bernard }}</ref> His United States orchestral debut took place the next month, when he played Chopin's [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Li Yundi |publisher=The Kennedy Center |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=19 May 2020 |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/y/yo-yz/li-yundi/ |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208051651/https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/y/yo-yz/li-yundi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also honored at a special reception at the home of the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, where he performed for various officials of the [[US State Department]].<ref name="US">{{cite web |title=美国名流感受中国"钢琴王子"李云迪风采 |url=https://ent.sina.com.cn/2003-07-20/1101173517.html |publisher=中国新闻网 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030801132442/https://ent.sina.com.cn/2003-07-20/1101173517.html |archive-date=1 August 2003 |language=chinese |date=20 July 2003|trans-title=American gentry experience the style of China's "Piano Prince" Li Yundi}}</ref>

Deutsche Grammophon released Yundi's second recording, of Liszt, in August 2003, which was named among the "Best Classical CD's of the Year" by ''The New York Times''.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |author1=Allan Kozinn|title=The Best Classical CD's of 2003; Liszt: Piano Sonata In B Minor; Other Works |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/arts/the-best-classical-cd-s-of-2003-liszt-piano-sonata-in-b-minor-other-works.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122105326/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/arts/the-best-classical-cd-s-of-2003-liszt-piano-sonata-in-b-minor-other-works.html |archive-date=22 November 2010 |date=21 December 2003}}</ref> This album also won the German [[Echo Klassik]] Solo Recording of the Year ''Solistische Einspielung des Jahres'', the Chinese Gold Record Award, and nominated [[Edison Award]]'s Instrumental Soloist (''Instrumentale Solorecitals'').<ref>{{cite web |title=My first choice is Steinway |url=https://www.steinway.com/artists/yundi-li |website=Steinway & Sons |access-date=13 February 2022 |archive-date=13 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213140414/https://www.steinway.com/artists/yundi-li |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name ="Edison">{{cite web |title=Nominaties Edison Classical Music Awards 2004 |url=https://www.opusklassiek.nl/actueel-archief/edisonklassieknominaties2004.htm |website=OpusKlassiek |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603134948/https://www.opusklassiek.nl/actueel-archief/edisonklassieknominaties2004.htm |archive-date=3 June 2016 |language=nl |date=24 March 2004 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Harris Goldsmith]] of ''[[Musical America]]'' wrote that it "includes perhaps the finest account of the [[Piano Sonata in B minor (Liszt)|B-minor Sonata]] I have ever heard—[it] is, if anything, light years ahead in patrician elegance: exquisite artistry from one of the greatest talents to surface in years—nay, decades."<ref>{{cite web |title=Young Artists: The Thrill of Discovery |url=https://www.musicalamerica.com/features/?fid=98&fyear=2004 |website=MusicalAmerica |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611124344/https://www.musicalamerica.com/features/?fid=98&fyear=2004 |url-status=live }}</ref> His third recording, ''Chopin: Scherzi/Impromptus'', comprising Chopin's four [[Scherzo|scherzi]] and three [[impromptu]]s, was released in 2004. [[Anthony Tommasini]] of the ''New York Times'' praised it for Yundi's "white-hot virtuosity" and "uncanny clarity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Classical Music: Classical Recordings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/arts/classical-music-classical-recordings-105643.html |website=The New York Times |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |date=16 January 2005 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228175529/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/arts/classical-music-classical-recordings-105643.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 2004, Yundi gave a recital at the [[Musikverein]], Vienna, of works by [[Mozart]], [[Domenico Scarlatti|Scarlatti]], [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]], and Liszt.<ref name="first world tour">{{cite web |author1=赵蕾 |title=首次安排完整世界巡演计划 李云迪：从上海启程 |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/n/2004-01-13/26/391069.html |publisher=中國新聞網 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040117024118/http://www.chinanews.com.cn/n/2004-01-13/26/391069.html |archive-date=17 January 2004 |language=Chinese |date=13 January 2004|trans-title=Arranging a complete world tour plan for the first time, Yundi Li: Starting from Shanghai}}</ref>

In April 2004, Yundi completed his North American debut recital tour, which included sold-out performances in Boston, Vancouver, San Francisco, and New York.<ref>{{cite web |title=Li Yundi |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/y/yo-yz/li-yundi/ |website=The Kennedy Center |access-date=19 May 2020 |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208051651/https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/y/yo-yz/li-yundi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He made his New York recital debut at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] on 24 April, performing Chopin scherzos and the Liszt sonata, among other pieces. Reviewing this recital, [[Allan Kozinn]] of the ''New York Times'' wrote: "Mr. Li deals in a more poetic, deeply considered pianism, delivered without extraneous gestures and body language. One thing Mr. Li showed was that thoughtful interpretation can be every bit as virtuosic and exciting as the showier variety."<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Review; Pianism at the Poetic End, Not the Physical |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/28/arts/music-review-pianism-at-the-poetic-end-not-the-physical.html |website=The New York Times |date=28 April 2004 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314161126/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/28/arts/music-review-pianism-at-the-poetic-end-not-the-physical.html |url-status=live |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan }}</ref> In May, Yundi gave concerts at the [[National Museum in Warsaw]], representing cultural exchange between China and [[Poland]].<ref name="speech">{{cite web |title=Wizyta oficjalna Przewodniczącego Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej z Małżonką – oficjalny obiad |url=https://www.prezydent.pl/kancelaria/archiwum/archiwum-aleksandra-kwasniewskiego/aktualnosci/rok-2004/wizyta-oficjalna-przewodniczacego-chinskiej-republiki-ludowej-z-malzonka-oficjalny-obiad,29616,archive |publisher=[[Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland]]|trans-title=Official visit of the Chairman of the People's Republic of China with his wife – official dinner|language=pl |date=8 June 2004}}</ref>

[[File:Yundi Li 2005.jpg|thumb|left|Yundi in 2005]]

In 2005, Yundi became the first Chinese pianist to appear on the cover of [[Wall Street Journal]] and ''[[Aera (magazine)|Aera]]'' magazine.<ref name="Wall Street Journal">{{cite news |last1=Santini |first1=Laura |title=A Classical Movement In China Gives Pianist Rock-Star Status |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112778208940352843 |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206055024/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112778208940352843 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yundi |url=https://www.hkphil.org/artist/yundi |website=[[Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321132107/https://www.hkphil.org/artist/yundi |archive-date=21 March 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> He obtained Hong Kong residency in 2006 and was among the first group of successful applicants under the recently announced [[Quality Migrant Admission Scheme]].<ref name=citizenship>{{cite news |title=Pianist Li Yundi becomes a Hong Kong resident |newspaper=South China Morning Post |page=2 |location=Hong Kong |date=16 January 2007|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/578848/brief|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621205130/https://www.scmp.com/article/578848/brief|archive-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>

In 2007, Yundi became the first Chinese pianist to record live with the [[Berlin Philharmonic|Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]] and [[Seiji Ozawa]]. Deutsche Grammophon released Prokofiev's [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] and Ravel's [[Piano Concerto in G major (Ravel)|Piano Concerto in G Major]], which garnered positive reviews; it was named Editor's Choice by ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'',<ref name="ber"/> and praised by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as one of the best classical CDs of the year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pianist Yundi |url=https://www.medici.tv/en/artists/yundi-li/#:~:text=Yundi%20has%20released%20eight%20CDs,Editor's%20Choice'%20by%20Gramophone%20Magazine. |website=medici.tv |access-date=29 April 2022 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325145831/https://www.medici.tv/en/artists/yundi-li/#:~:text=Yundi%20has%20released%20eight%20CDs,Editor's%20Choice'%20by%20Gramophone%20Magazine. |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="AllMusic"/> Bryce Morrison of ''Gramophone'' wrote: "his performance of the Prokofiev, in its prodigious, unflagging power and brilliance, far surpasses any other in the catalogue".<ref>{{cite web |author1=Bryce Morrison |title=Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2; Ravel Piano Concerto |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/prokofiev-piano-concerto-no-2-ravel-piano-concerto |work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306010818/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/prokofiev-piano-concerto-no-2-ravel-piano-concerto |archive-date=6 March 2016 |date=May 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Yundi is the subject of the 2008 documentary ''The Young Romantic: A Portrait of Yundi'', directed by Barbara Willis Sweete. This documentary "captures the poetic intensity of this young virtuoso as he works with the great Maestro Seiji Ozawa to prepare for his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Young Romantic – A Portrait of Yundi |publisher=Presto Classical |url=http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EuroArts/3079058 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109190317/http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/EuroArts/3079058 |archive-date=9 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2008, he became the first Chinese pianist to have a wax sculpture at [[Madame Tussauds]].<ref>{{cite web |title=李云迪蜡像揭幕 中国钢琴家进驻"杜莎夫人 |url=https://yule.sohu.com/20080426/n256528428.shtml |publisher=sohu |date=26 April 2008 |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206060527/https://yule.sohu.com/20080426/n256528428.shtml |url-status=live|trans-title=Li Yundi wax figure unveiled, Chinese pianist stationed at Madame Tussauds}}</ref> Also in 2008, he appeared as a ''Pennington Great Performers'' series artist with the [[Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="baton">{{cite web |title=Superstar Pianist Shares Stage With Baton Rouge Symphony|url=https://www.225batonrouge.com/article/superstar-pianist-shares-stage-with-baton-rouge-symphony-2 |publisher=225 Magazine |access-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215074549/https://www.225batonrouge.com/article/superstar-pianist-shares-stage-with-baton-rouge-symphony-2 |archive-date=15 February 2024 |date=1 April 2008}}</ref>

===Signing with EMI Classics===
[[File:The Memory Recital of Chopin's Birth 200th Anniversary Concert, Chopin Year (Chopin and his Europe) 2010.png|thumb|right|Yundi performing at [[The Birthday Decade|the Memory Recital of Chopin's Birth 200th Anniversary Concert]], [[Chopin Year]] 2010]]

In 2010, Yundi signed an exclusive recording contract with [[EMI Classics]] with plans to record Chopin's complete solo piano works.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://newswire.scena.org/2010/03/emi-classics-signs-chinese-pianist.html/|title= EMI Classics Signs Chinese Pianist Yundi|access-date= 22 March 2010|date= 22 March 2010|publisher= LSM Newswire |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100731105303/http://newswire.scena.org/2010/03/emi-classics-signs-chinese-pianist.html|archive-date= 31 July 2010|url-status= dead}}</ref>

Also in 2010, the [[Fryderyk Chopin Institute]] invited Yundi to perform at [[The Birthday Decade|The Memory Recital of Chopin's Birth 200th Anniversary Concert]], in celebration of Chopin's 200th birthday at [[Chopin Year]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland]] |title=Galowy koncert symfoniczny z okazji 200. rocznicy urodzin Fryderyka Chopina |url=https://www.prezydent.pl/kancelaria/archiwum/archiwum-lecha-kaczynskiego/aktualnosci/rok-2010/galowy-koncert-symfoniczny-z-okazji-200-rocznicy-urodzin-fryderyka-chopina,24046,archive|language=Polish |date=1 March 2010|trans-title=Gala symphonic concert on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin's birth}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Poland Sales Manual Chopin Year 2010 |url=http://www.poland.travel/en/files/PDF/Manual_v2.pdf |website=Poland Travel (EN) PROD |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009222931/http://www.poland.travel/en/files/PDF/Manual_v2.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2015 |pages=28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=MICHAEL MORAN |title=Fryderyk Chopin's 200th Birthday |url=http://www.michael-moran.com/2010/03/fryderyk-chopins-200th-birthday.html |website=Classical Music in Poland and the Europe of Chopin – From the Reviewer's Notebook |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206171339/http://www.michael-moran.com/2010/03/fryderyk-chopins-200th-birthday.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Yundi performed a solo recital at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London on 16 March 2010. He played a repertoire of Chopin pieces in a sold-out concert.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.london-insider.co.uk/2010/03/review-piano-maestro-li-yundi-royal-festival-hall/|title= Review: Piano Maestro Li Yundi, Royal Festival Hall|access-date= 18 March 2010|date= 16 March 2010|publisher=The London Insider|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100327170020/http://www.london-insider.co.uk/2010/03/review-piano-maestro-li-yundi-royal-festival-hall/|archive-date= 27 March 2010|url-status= dead}}</ref>

===Signing with Deutsche Grammophon again ===
[[File:Yundi.jpg|thumb|left|Yundi performing at the [[St George's Hall, Liverpool|St George's Hall]], April 2013]]

In May 2012, Yundi officially signed with [[Universal Music Group]] and collaborated with Deutsche Grammophon once again.<ref name="gramophone.co.uk"/> Deutsche Grammophon released his recording of Beethoven sonatas in 2012.<ref name="gramophone.co.uk">[http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/pianist-yundi-is-back-with-deutsche-grammophon "Pianist Yundi is back with Deutsche Grammophon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109235246/http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/pianist-yundi-is-back-with-deutsche-grammophon |date=9 November 2018 }}, Gramophone, 4 May 2012</ref> This recording was chosen as one of Classic FM's "Album of the Year 2013" and attained Platinum status in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yundi Returns with New Album |url=https://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?storyid=31554&categoryid=5&archived=0 |website=MusicalAmerica |access-date=17 February 2022 |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217172420/https://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?storyid=31554&categoryid=5&archived=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> Yundi then released recordings of the Schumann Fantasie, ''The Art of Yundi'', and Chopin preludes, ballades, berceuse, and mazurkas.<ref>[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/result?ART_ID=LIYUN "Yundi Discography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010314/http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/result?ART_ID=LIYUN |date=6 January 2017 }}, Deutsche Grammophon</ref>

Yundi launched his "Piano Dream" national tour in Chongqing on 19 August 2013, and brought his music to 30 cities in the next 80 days. Most of those cities were second or third-tier.<ref>{{cite web |title=Li Yundi launches national tour in Chongqing |url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2013-08/20/content_29769435.htm |website=China.org.cn |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=20 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820122208/http://china.org.cn/arts/2013-08/20/content_29769435.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In response to questions from the media and the public, Yundi said it was not demeaning for him to perform in second and third-tier cities and he didn't mind the less ideal conditions of some concert halls; he simply wanted to provide more people with an opportunity to appreciate the beauty of classical music.<ref>{{cite web |title=Li Yundi: It is not degrading to perform in second and third tier cities (in Chinese) |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2013-08-02/15433979024.shtml |publisher=Sina Corp |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207163018/http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2013-08-02/15433979024.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Yundi at 204th anniversary concert of Fryderyk Chopin's birth, with First Lady Anna Komorowska.webp|thumb|right|Yundi with First Lady [[Anna Komorowska]] in 2014]]

On 1 March 2014, Yundi performed a piano recital at the Poland's [[National Philharmonic, Warsaw|National Philharmonic]], celebrating the 204th anniversary of Chopin's birth. [[Anna Komorowska]], then [[First Lady of Poland]], attended the concert.<ref name="204 Chopin's anniversary">{{cite web |title=Pierwsza Dama na koncercie z okazji 204. rocznicy urodzin Fryderyka Chopina |url=https://t.prezydent.pl/kancelaria/archiwum/archiwum-bronislawa-komorowskiego/malzonka/kronika/pierwsza-dama-na-koncercie-z-okazji-204-rocznicy-urodzin-fryderyka-chopina,19698 |publisher=[[Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland]] |language=pl |date=1 March 2014|trans-title=The First Lady at a concert celebrating the 204th anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin's birth}}</ref>

In July 2015 and as featured guest soloist, Yundi embarked on a nine-concert tour with the [[National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America|National Youth Orchestra of the United States]] led by conductor [[Charles Dutoit]]. Comprising mainly the orchestra's debut performances in Asia, the tour started at Purchase College's Performing Arts Center and ended in Hong Kong. Carnegie Hall was the second stop. The other six concerts were given in mainland China.<ref>{{cite web |title=NYO-USA China Tour 2015 |url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/About/Press/Press-Releases/2019/08/22/NYO-USA-China-Tour-1-7-2015 |access-date=29 January 2022 |archive-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129014105/https://www.carnegiehall.org/About/Press/Press-Releases/2019/08/22/NYO-USA-China-Tour-1-7-2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 30 October of the same year, while performing [[Chopin]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] with the [[Sydney Symphony Orchestra]] in Korea, Yundi suffered a memory lapse.<ref>{{cite web |title=李雲迪為演奏失誤致歉 |url=https://www.cyberctm.com/zh_TW/news/detail/1029788 |publisher=澳門日報 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318054945/https://www.cyberctm.com/zh_TW/news/detail/1029788 |archive-date=18 March 2024 |language=chinese |date=3 November 2015|trans-title=Yundi Li apologizes for performance mistake}}</ref> He subsequently performed the piece smoothly again with conductor [[David Robertson (conductor)|David Robertson]] and the orchestra.<ref name="review">{{cite web |author1=Leta Keens |title=Yundi plays Chopin (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) |url=https://limelight-arts.com.au/reviews/review-yundi-plays-chopin-sydney-symphony-orchestra/ |work=[[Limelight (magazine)|Limelight]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222112402/https://limelight-arts.com.au/reviews/review-yundi-plays-chopin-sydney-symphony-orchestra/ |archive-date=22 February 2024 |date=4 November 2015}}</ref> Yundi apologised for his mistake on his [[weibo]], saying it was because of travel fatigue.<ref>{{cite web |title=윤디, 한국공연 실수 "매우 죄송"…"여행 피로에 지쳐 실수" |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20151102198800089 |work=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318054441/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20151102198800089 |archive-date=18 March 2024 |language=Korean |date=2 November 2015|trans-title=Yundi, "I'm very sorry" for mistakes in Korean performance... “A mistake due to travel fatigue” |author1=정주호 }}</ref> Critics wrote, "The famed Chinese pianist's slip up steals the show, but his Chopin is still stellar", "that's the nature of live music, and perfection is boring", and "it gave me even greater admiration, on many levels, for everyone involved […] In the temple to the arts, I was witnessing a moment of pure civility, decency and camaraderie, and was given a reminder that the gods are, in fact, human, and all the more heroic for that."<ref name="review"/>
[[File:Yundi Li 2016.06.29 ShenZhen.jpg|thumb|right|Yundi in 2016]]
In 2016, Yundi went on a Chopin world tour, including Germany, Russia, and the United States.<ref name="irish">{{cite web |title=The making of a genius, China-style |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-making-of-a-genius-china-style/34591401.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612104159/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-making-of-a-genius-china-style/34591401.html |archive-date=12 June 2023 |date=4 April 2016}}</ref> In March, he performed an all-Chopin program in [[Carnegie Hall]], with an encore of [[Ren Guang]]'s ''Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon''. Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim of [[the New York Times]] wrote, "he showed off a graduated array of colors and moods, including moments of understated simplicity and tenderness light-years removed from his high-decibel image".<ref name="NY">{{cite web |author1=Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim |title=Review: Yundi Plays Chopin at Carnegie Hall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/arts/music/review-yundi-plays-chopin-at-carnegie-hall.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325180626/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/arts/music/review-yundi-plays-chopin-at-carnegie-hall.html |archive-date=25 March 2016 |date=24 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 April, he performed at the [[National Concert Hall]] of Dublin.<ref name="irish"/>

In May 2017, Yundi attended the opening ceremony of the Yundi Art Museum, in the Chongqing Huangjueping Piano Museum. It displays several pianos from different stages of Yundi's career, including his first piano, as well as a collection of his awards, albums and photographs, and a high-tech experience pavilion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://english.cqnews.net/html/2017-05/10/content_41569957.htm |title="Li Yundi Art Museum opened" |access-date=31 May 2017 |archive-date=18 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818093924/http://english.cqnews.net/html/2017-05/10/content_41569957.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 29 August to 5 September 2017, Yundi led the [[Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra]] on a five-city concert tour in China, performing [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin)|Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1]] and [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin)|No. 2]] as both pianist and conductor. It was his conducting debut.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taking the baton |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201708/21/WS59bb716ba310d4d9ab7e7d75.html |website=China Daily |access-date=6 February 2022 |archive-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206032954/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201708/21/WS59bb716ba310d4d9ab7e7d75.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This tour was the first of a series of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of Poland's regained independence.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yundi and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra In-concert |url=http://www.eyeshenzhen.com/content/2017-08/10/content_16971614.htm |website=EYESHENZHEN |access-date=6 February 2022 |archive-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206033735/http://www.eyeshenzhen.com/content/2017-08/10/content_16971614.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2017, Yundi went on tour playing [[Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart)|Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23]] with [[Staatskapelle Dresden]] in Germany and China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onlinemerker.com/dresden-semperoper-alain-gilbert-und-yundi-im-3-symphoniekonzert-der-saechsischen-staatskapelle-dresden/|title=Dresden/ Semperoper: Alain Gilbert Und Yundi I 3. Symphoniekonzert Der Sächsischen Staatskapelle Dresden|website=Online Merker|access-date=22 October 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022132247/https://onlinemerker.com/dresden-semperoper-alain-gilbert-und-yundi-im-3-symphoniekonzert-der-saechsischen-staatskapelle-dresden/|url-status=live|language=german|trans-title=Dresden/Semperoper: Alan Gilbert and Yundi LI 3rd Symphony Concert of the Saxon Staatskapelle Dresden}}</ref> On 3 November, he gave a live concert at Beijing National Aquatics Center celebrating the [[2017 League of Legends World Championship]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.riftherald.com/culture/2017/10/17/16488546/league-of-legends-live-concert-beijing|title=Listen to your favorite League songs at League of Legends Live in Beijing|work=The Rift Herald|access-date=2017-11-03|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004319/https://www.riftherald.com/culture/2017/10/17/16488546/league-of-legends-live-concert-beijing|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Yundi conducting in 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|300px|Yundi conducting in 2018 concert]]
In 2018, Yundi had a successful debut in Australia and New Zealand. In a series of sold-out concerts, Yundi performed with local orchestras Chopin's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 as both soloist and conductor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yundi Li Sonata World Tour Sydney |url=https://discover.events.com/au/state-of-new-south-wales/sydney/e/music/yundi-sonata-world-tour-49-market-street-sydney-nsw-2000-368618308 |website=events.com |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228170120/https://discover.events.com/au/state-of-new-south-wales/sydney/e/music/yundi-sonata-world-tour-49-market-street-sydney-nsw-2000-368618308 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yundi Li in Concert |url=https://www.classicmelbourne.com.au/yundi-li-in-concert/ |website=Classic Melbourne |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228175009/https://www.classicmelbourne.com.au/yundi-li-in-concert/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Signing with Warner Classics===
In 2019, Yundi signed with [[Warner Classics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warnerclassics.com/artist/yundi/news|title=News &#124; YUNDI &#124; Warner Classics|website=warnerclassics.com|access-date=18 October 2021|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018173106/https://www.warnerclassics.com/artist/yundi/news|url-status=live}}</ref> He released a new album on its label, Chopin's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, in 2020. In this recording, he conducts the [[Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra]] from the piano bench.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/yundi-chopin|title=Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 &#124; Warner Classics|website=warnerclassics.com|date=31 January 2020 |access-date=18 October 2021|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018173106/https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/yundi-chopin|url-status=live}}</ref> This album was chosen by [[Donald Vroon]] of the [[American Record Guide]] as one of the "Best of 2020".<ref name="arg2022">{{cite book |title=Critics' Choice: Best of 2020 Over 375 CDs Reviewed |date=January–February 2021 |publisher=[[American Record Guide]] |page=10}}</ref> The International Piano Magazine wrote, "This is aristocratic Chopin, unfailing in its clarity, elegance and unforced eloquence. Nothing is over-played, everything is expressed. Yundi Li ranks among the finest, his reading of the F minor Concerto's central love song hauntingly inward looking. The Warsaw Philharmonic offer stout support, and sound and balance are exemplary."<ref>{{cite web |title=Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8718056--chopin-piano-concertos-nos-1-2?_gl=1*3i6t5k*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvqeUBhCBARIsAOdt45avNOfvOv_gqJuA07Lvexn-jHfp7AVbSBfTZHOEh_vZLAw11WQyM4EaApJ7EALw_wcB#reviews |website=prestomusic |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527040405/https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8718056--chopin-piano-concertos-nos-1-2?_gl=1*3i6t5k*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvqeUBhCBARIsAOdt45avNOfvOv_gqJuA07Lvexn-jHfp7AVbSBfTZHOEh_vZLAw11WQyM4EaApJ7EALw_wcB#reviews |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2023–present: YUNDI Plays Mozart The Sonata Project 1 Comeback Tour===
[[File:Yundi at Musikverein, 2024.jpg|thumb|Yundi performing at the Golden Hall, [[Musikverein]], April 2024]]

Yundi embarked on his comeback tour, 2023 Australia Coming Back Tour: YUNDI Plays Mozart The Sonata Project 1 in 2023, two years after he was blacklisted in China for alleged solicitation of prostitutes.<ref name="Australian">{{cite web |author1=Lim Ruey Yan |title=Chinese pianist Li Yundi holds Australian comeback tour two years after getting blacklisted |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-holds-australian-comeback-tour-two-years-after-getting-blacklisted |work=[[The Straits Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031085005/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-holds-australian-comeback-tour-two-years-after-getting-blacklisted |archive-date=31 October 2023 |date=31 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> At his performance in [[Adelaide]], Yundi performed [[Chopin]]'s [[Nocturnes, Op. 9 (Chopin)|Nocturne in E Flat Major]] as an encore.<ref name="Australian"/> Yundi's comeback tour was regarded as excellent and successful.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pizzicato.lu/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-made-a-successful-comeback-in-australia/?doing_wp_cron=1703306079.6166520118713378906250|title= Chinese pianist Li Yundi made a successful comeback in Australia|date= 8 November 2023|website= Pizzicato & Remy Franck's Journal About Classical Music|access-date= 26 December 2023|archive-date= 26 December 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231226081431/https://www.pizzicato.lu/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-made-a-successful-comeback-in-australia/?doing_wp_cron=1703306079.6166520118713378906250|url-status= live}}</ref>

In March to May 2024, Yundi embarked on a European Tour of YUNDI Plays Mozart The Sonata Project 1, visiting cities historically connected with [[Mozart]], including Vienna, Paris, Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, and Berlin.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Gramophone |magazine=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |page=Inside Front Cover |edition=April 2024 Issue}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Concerti |magazine=Concerti|page=15 |edition=March 2024 Issue|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rondo |magazine=Rondo Magazin|pages=2, 12–13 |edition=2024 Second Issue|language=de}}</ref> In alignment with the tour, he released the album ''[[Mozart: The Sonata Project - Salzburg]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Gramophone |magazine=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |page=Outside Back Cover |edition=April 2024 Issue}}</ref><ref name="moz warner">{{cite web |title=Mozart: The Sonata Project – Salzburg |url=https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/mozart-sonata-project-salzburg |website=Warner Classics |access-date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209170048/https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/mozart-sonata-project-salzburg |archive-date=9 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rondo |magazine=Rondo Magazin|pages=12–13 |edition=2024 Second Issue|language=de|url=https://www.rondomagazin.de/artikel.php?artikel_id=4075&teaser=true}}</ref> From September to October, Yundi went on an Asian tour, including Japan<ref name="JA 2025">{{cite web |title=ピアニスト ユンディ、モーツァルトを語る～『YUNDI plays MOZART』日本ツアー開催 |url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/333017 |website=spice.eplus.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111030141/https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/333017 |archive-date=11 November 2024 |language=ja |trans-title=Pianist Yundi talks about Mozart ~ "YUNDI plays MOZART" Japan tour begins|date=11 November 2024}}</ref> and Singapore.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chinese pianist Li Yundi to perform in S'pore on Oct. 11 |url=https://mothership.sg/2024/09/li-yundi-singapore-concert-2024-esplanade/ |website=mothership nova |publisher=[[Mothership (website)|Mothership]]|author1=Charlize Kon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903154600/https://mothership.sg/2024/09/li-yundi-singapore-concert-2024-esplanade/ |archive-date=3 September 2024 |date=3 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Jan Lee |title=Chinese pianist Li Yundi to hold Singapore concert in October |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-to-hold-singapore-concert-in-october |work=[[The Straits Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904102712/https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-to-hold-singapore-concert-in-october |archive-date=4 September 2024 |date=4 September 2024}}</ref>

The album "[[Mozart: The Sonata Project - Salzburg]]" has received rave reviews from Bryce Morrison and [[Norman Lebrecht]], among others. In [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]], Morrison wrote, "His approach is a convincing challenge to a more conventional restraint, a restless Sturm und Drang precursor of Romanticism."<ref name=moz>{{cite journal |last1=Morrison |first1=Bryce |title=Review – Mozart 'The Sonata Project: Salzburg' (Yundi) |journal=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |date=24 May 2024 |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/review/article/review-mozart-the-sonata-project-salzburg-yundi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528085707/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/review/article/review-mozart-the-sonata-project-salzburg-yundi|archivedate=28 May 2024}}</ref> Lebrecht wrote: "In twelve and a half minutes, Yundi gives Mozart a total makeover. This is the most refreshing and innovative Mozart pianism I have heard in years."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lebrecht |first1=Norman |title= Yundi Gives Mozart A Revelatory Makeover On The Sonata Project — Salzburg |journal=Ludwigvan Toronto |date=12 July 2024 |url=https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2024/07/12/lebrecht-listens-yundi-gives-mozart-revelatory-makeover-sonata-project-salzburg/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712143628/https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2024/07/12/lebrecht-listens-yundi-gives-mozart-revelatory-makeover-sonata-project-salzburg/|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>

In January 2025, Yundi expanded his Japan tour with four additional concerts,<ref name ="JA 2025"/><ref>{{cite web |title=ユンディ・リのピアノリサイタル鑑賞券を15組30人にほか ／東京 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20241217/ddl/k13/040/036000c|trans-title=Tickets to Yundi Li's piano recital given to 15 groups (30 people) and others / Tokyo|work=[[Mainichi Shimbun]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222131034/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20241217/ddl/k13/040/036000c |archive-date=22 December 2024 |language=ja |date=17 December 2024}}</ref> while simultaneously launching a North American tour that included Vancouver, Toronto, New York City and San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Mabel Lui |title=Leading Chinese pianist's comeback concert at home reportedly cancelled without notice |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3290028/leading-chinese-pianists-comeback-concert-home-reportedly-cancelled-without-notice |work=[[South China Morning Post]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211144817/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3290028/leading-chinese-pianists-comeback-concert-home-reportedly-cancelled-without-notice |archive-date=11 December 2024 |date=9 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=「鋼琴王子」李雲迪桃色風波神隱3年！宣布復出即將來台|trans-title="Piano Prince" Li Yundi has been in hiding for 3 years! He announces his comeback and is set to come to Taiwan.|url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20250107005160-260404?chdtv |website=[[China Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250217130654/https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20250107005160-260404?chdtv |archive-date=17 February 2025 |language=zh |date=7 January 2025}}</ref> His [[Carnegie Hall]] return after nine years sold out.<ref name ="w25">{{cite web |title=李雲迪2/8初11空降台北國家音樂廳，最愛小籠包 忌口珍奶！|url=http://www.iwant-radio.com/showinformation.php?sisn=57329&ln=big |website=銀河新聞台iWant-radio |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205095734/http://www.iwant-radio.com/showinformation.php?sisn=57329&ln=big |archivedate=5 February 2025 |date=3 February 2025|trans-title=Li Yundi visited Taipei National Concert Hall on 8/2. He loves Xiao Long Bao (steamed dumplings) and avoids bubble tea!}}</ref>

==Repertoire, technique, performance style and habit==
Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of [[Chopin]],<ref name="journal">{{cite journal |last1=Fu |first1=Xi |last2=Cherevko |first2=Kateryna |last3=Pysmenna |first3=Oksana |title=Performing skills of Li Yundi in the context of China's leading trends in the piano art development |journal=Amazonia Investiga |year=2021 |volume=10 |issue=46 |pages=42–50 |doi=10.34069/AI/2021.46.10.4 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Thomas Michelsen |title=To pianister beviser, at tangenter ikke bare er sorte og hvide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206171340/https://politiken.dk/kultur/musik/cd-klassisk/art5617093/To-pianister-beviser-at-tangenter-ikke-bare-er-sorte-og-hvide?continueFlag=29313139355c1e1ceb8e2afcbc101f6f |archive-date= 6 February 2024|url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/musik/cd-klassisk/art5617093/To-pianister-beviser-at-tangenter-ikke-bare-er-sorte-og-hvide?continueFlag=29313139355c1e1ceb8e2afcbc101f6f |work=[[Politiken]] |language=Danish |date=1 April 2016|trans-title=Pianists prove that piano keys are not just black and white}}</ref><ref name="arg2011">{{cite book |title=Overview : Chopin |date=July–August 2011 |publisher=[[American Record Guide]] |pages=52, 99}}</ref> Yundi is also known for his interpretations of [[Liszt]] and [[Prokofiev]].<ref name="Liszt"/><ref name="Liszt 1">{{cite web |author1=Thomas Michelsen |title=Fodretid for klaverløver |url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/musik/koncertanmeldelser/art4853594/Fodretid-for-klaverl%C3%B8ver?continueFlag=29313139355c1e1ceb8e2afcbc101f6f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206171338/https://politiken.dk/kultur/musik/koncertanmeldelser/art4853594/Fodretid-for-klaverl%C3%B8ver?continueFlag=29313139355c1e1ceb8e2afcbc101f6f|archive-date= 6 February 2024|work=[[Politiken]] |language=Danish |date=31 May 2006|trans-title=Feeding time for piano lions}}</ref><ref name= "prokofiev">{{cite web |author1=Anthony Tommasini |title=Review: National Youth Orchestra Impresses With 'Symphonie Fantastique' at Carnegie Hall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/arts/music/review-national-youth-orchestra-impresses-with-symphonie-fantastique-at-carnegie-hall.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715022542/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/arts/music/review-national-youth-orchestra-impresses-with-symphonie-fantastique-at-carnegie-hall.html |archive-date=15 July 2015 |date=12 July 2015}}</ref> His other repertoires, such as [[Mozart]],<ref>{{cite web |author1=Martin Neumann |title=Yundi Li – Vienna Recital |url=https://www.rondomagazin.de/kritiken.php?kritiken%20id=4925 |work=Rondo Magazine|language=de |date=18 November 2005 }}</ref> [[Beethoven]],<ref name=Beethoven>{{cite web |author1=Jed Distler |title=Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata: a deep dive into the best recordings |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/beethoven-s-moonlight-sonata-a-deep-dive-into-the-best-recordings |work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102135506/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/beethoven-s-moonlight-sonata-a-deep-dive-into-the-best-recordings |archive-date=2 January 2024 |date=2 January 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ravel]]<ref name= NYT>{{cite web |title=Strings and Things: Classical's Best and Brightest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/arts/music/30reco.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605085004/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/arts/music/30reco.html |archive-date=5 June 2015 |date=30 November 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Schumann]],<ref name="sc">{{cite web |author1=Jed Distler |title=YUNDI LI–VIENNA RECITAL |url=https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-12644/ |website=ClassicsToday |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210151029/https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-12644/ |archive-date=10 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> have also received acclaim.

===Performance habit===
Yundi maintains daily piano practice before every performance to ensure the best result. He also adheres to a specific pre-concert diet plan centered on avoiding heavy meals to maintain peak focus and alertness during performances. He deliberately skips dinner or substantial food before performances, stating: "Usually, I don’t have dinner or anything heavy before my show, in order to stay at my peak because I might get sleepy after eating". To sustain energy without digestive burden, he substitutes light snacks like chocolate, noting: "I love chocolate as a supplement before my show".<ref>{{cite web |author1=Angus McPherson |title=Yundi Li: I try to follow my heart |url=https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/yundi-li-i-try-to-follow-my-heart/ |publisher=[[Limelight (magazine)|Limelight]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527012459/https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/yundi-li-i-try-to-follow-my-heart/ |archive-date=27 May 2025 |date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

===Chopin===
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[[Ivan Hewett]] of the [[The Daily Telegraph|Telegraph]] praised Yundi's performance as "beautifully polished and unfailingly elegant",<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ivan Hewett |title=What's the best way to hear Chopin? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/best-way-hear-chopin/ |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228225146/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/best-way-hear-chopin/ |archive-date=28 February 2020 |date=28 February 2020}}</ref> while [[BBC Music Magazine]] noted that his "technically precise  considered" approach to the music was heightened with "virtuosic flair".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=BBC Music Magazine |date=June 2020 |magazine=[[BBC Music Magazine]] |page=92}}</ref>

Yundi's technique in Chopin's pieces is described as "He has all that's needed in poetry and sensitivity. His touch is perfect—never heavy, as Biret can be—and yet there is joy, zest, technical aplomb, healthy drama, and unerring tempos and rhythms." by [[American Record Guide]],<ref name="arg">{{cite book |title=Overview: Chopin |date=July–August 2011 |publisher=[[American Record Guide]] |pages=55, 61}}</ref> "flawless, dazzlingly agile, existing in perfect symbiosis with the musical intent – noble and majestic" by French Crescendo Magazine.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jean Lacroix |title=Le Chopin jubilatoire de Yundi |url=https://www.crescendo-magazine.be/le-chopin-jubilatoire-de-yundi/?continueFlag=29313139355c1e1ceb8e2afcbc101f6f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206172535/https://www.crescendo-magazine.be/le-chopin-jubilatoire-de-yundi/?continueFlag=29313139355c1e1ceb8e2afcbc101f6f|archive-date= 6 February 2024|work=Crescendo Magazine |language=French |date=23 February 2020|trans-title=Yundi’s jubilant Chopin|quote= 
La technique est impeccable, virevoltante, en osmose avec le propos, noble et majestueux.}}</ref>

===Liszt and Prokofiev===
Yundi's interpretations of [[Liszt]] are described "dazzling, daredevil renderings, sheer, heart-stopping beauty" by [[Allan Kozinn]] of ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="NY Times"/> His versions are believed to have "a smooth playing, with its flowing, impassioned rhythms, and full, rich tone, is a complete and dynamic interpretation of the score, without loss of style or form" by Thomas Michelsen of [[Politiken]] .<ref name="Liszt 1"/> According to [[The New York Times]], Yundi "excels in Prokofiev's volatile, technically daunting Piano Concerto No. 2." and "plays with expansive lyricism, surging power and, when called for, incisive attack."<ref name= NYT/>

==Achievements==
===Competitions===
Yundi has received top awards at various competitions. He won the Chongqing Children's Piano Competition in 1993 and the Huapo Cup National Competition in Beijing in 1994.<ref name="Yomiuri" /><ref name="okla"/> In 1995, he was awarded third place at the Stravinsky International Youth Competition.<ref name="competitions"/><ref name="award list">{{cite web |title=蕭邦國際鋼琴大賽金獎得主李雲迪來港獻技 |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200011/30/1130249.htm |publisher=[[Government of Hong Kong]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010629181541/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200011/30/1130249.htm |archive-date=29 June 2001 |language=zh-hk |date=30 November 2000|trans-title=International Chopin Piano Competition gold medalist Li Yundi comes to Hong Kong to perform}}</ref> In 1996, he won the third prize in the tenth Hong Kong – Asia Piano Open Competition.<ref name="award list"/> In 1997, he won the Concerto "Yellow River" Group of the Chinese Piano Pieces.<ref name="okla"/> In 1998, he was awarded the third place at the 1998 [[Missouri Southern International Piano Competition]] (Junior Division).<ref name="award list"/> The next year, he took third prize at the [[International Franz Liszt Piano Competition]] of [[Utrecht]], as well as being a first-prize winner in the China International Piano Competition.<ref name="award list"/> In 1999, he won first place at the [[Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition|Gina Bachauer Young Artists International Piano Competition]].<ref name="award list"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Shenzhen pianist shows forte |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |page=5 |location=Hong Kong |date=1 December 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= 2021 International Junior & Young Artists Competition |url=https://bachauer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021Competition-JuniorAndYourngArtists-Program-7.pdf |website=[[Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626005711/https://bachauer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021Competition-JuniorAndYourngArtists-Program-7.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2021 |pages=94 |date=13 June 2021}}</ref>

In October 2000, selected by the [[Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China]] to represent the country, Yundi participated in the [[XIV International Chopin Piano Competition]] in [[Warsaw]]. Yundi was the first competitor to be awarded the First Prize (the gold medal) in 15 years since [[Stanislav Bunin]] won it in 1985.<ref name="competitions"/> At 18 years of age, Yundi was the youngest and the first Chinese first prize winner in the competition's history.<ref name="ch c"/> Yundi was also awarded a Special Prize for the "Best Performance of a Polonaise" by the Chopin Society.<ref name="Yomiuri"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Winners of the 14th Chopin Competition |url=https://polishmusic.usc.edu/newsletter/2000/november-2000/ |website=USC Polish Music Center |access-date=24 March 2022 |archive-date=26 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226232928/https://polishmusic.usc.edu/newsletter/2000/november-2000/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is said that the jury was once again inclined to withhold the first prize at one point.<ref>{{cite web |title=About XIV Chopin Competition Edition |url=https://www.chopincompetition.pl/en/edition/410 |website=International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition |access-date=7 October 2025 |archive-date=7 October 2025  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251007124709/https://www.chopincompetition.pl/en/edition/410 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, according to a 2000 [[Los Angeles Times]] report, at the final, the entire auditorium in Warsaw erupted in a standing ovation following Yundi's rendition of the [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin)|Concerto No. 1]]. The panel of 23 judges, which included [[Martha Argerich]], praised his approach to Chopin’s music.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Henry Chu |title=A Classical Overnight Success Story in China |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-05-ca-61204-story.html |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212170244/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-05-ca-61204-story.html |archive-date=12 December 2024 |date=5 December 2000}}</ref> A report from [[Wirtualna Polska]] that same year stated that, while announcements of some other contestants' results caused some confusion among the journalists, Yundi's victory was received as "undoubtedly justified".<ref>{{cite web |title=Yundi Li z Chin zwycięzcą XIV Konkursu Chopinowskiego |url=https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/yundi-li-z-chin-zwyciezca-xiv-konkursu-chopinowskiego-6109402396030081a |publisher=[[Wirtualna Polska]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403131739/https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/yundi-li-z-chin-zwyciezca-xiv-konkursu-chopinowskiego-6109402396030081a |archive-date=3 April 2023 |language=pl |date=20 October 2000 |trans-title=Yundi Li from China is the winner of the 14th Chopin Competition}}</ref> [[Gazeta Wyborcza ]] commented that the selection of Yundi as the first-prize winner ultimately preserved the jury's credibility, despite the overall level of the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Przyznanie pierwszej nagrody w konkursie młodemu chińskiemu pianiście Yundi Li uratowało honor jury |url=https://classic.wyborcza.pl/archiwumGW/1249683/Konkurs-chinski |publisher=[[Gazeta Wyborcza]] |language=pl |date=23 October 2000|trans-title=Awarding the first prize in the competition to the young Chinese pianist Yundi Li saved the jury's honor}}</ref> After the competition, the chairman of the jury, [[Andrzej Jasiński]], summed up the competition in a statement to journalists, stating, among others, "I would also like to emphasize that Yundi Li is very mature for his age, and most importantly - he feels Chopin's music. His interpretations are never controversial; he plays beautifully and has imagination, charm and pearly technique."<ref>{{cite news |title=XIV Międzynarodowy Konkurs Chopinowski |volume=Special Edition |issue=247 (5717) |publisher=[[Rzeczpospolita]] |date=21 October 2000 |language=pl |trans-title=14th International Chopin Competition}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="Szok i niedowierzanie". Najciekawsze fakty z historii Konkursu Chopinowskiego w Warszawie |url=https://warszawa.tvp.pl/89226188/historia-konkursu-chopinowskiego-za-moment-rusza-xix-miedzynarodowy-konkurs-chopinowski |publisher=[[TVP3]] |language=pl |date=1 October 2025|quote=Chciałbym również podkreślić, że Yundi Li jest bardzo dojrzały jak na swój wiek, a co najważniejsze – czuje muzykę Chopina. Nie bywa w swych interpretacjach kontrowersyjny, gra pięknym dźwiękiem i ma przy tym fantazję, urok oraz perlistą technikę. |trans-title="Shock and disbelief." The most interesting facts from the history of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw}}</ref>

===Awards and honours===
* 2003: Yundi's release album ''"Liszt"'' received the German [[Echo Klassik]] Solo Recording of the Year ''Solistische Einspielung des Jahres'' and China Gold Record Awards,<ref>{{cite web |title=资料：第四届中国金唱片奖完全获奖名单 |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2007-07-19/18091644447.shtml |publisher=sina music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617030927/http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/2007-07-19/18091644447.shtml |archive-date=17 June 2021 |language=zh |date=19 July 2007 |url-status=live|trans-title=Information: Complete list of winners of the 4th China Gold Record Awards}}</ref> additionally named an "''Best CD of the Year''" by ''The New York Times''.<ref name="Liszt">{{cite web |title=Echo Classic 2003 |url=http://www.omm.de/veranstaltungen/konzerte20032004/DO-031026.html |date=26 October 2003 |website=Polish Music Center |access-date=9 January 2024 |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109034507/http://www.omm.de/veranstaltungen/konzerte20032004/DO-031026.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Echo Klassik Preisträger|url= https://echoklassik-archiv.de/nominierte-und-gewinner/|website= Echo Klassik|access-date= 9 January 2024|archive-date= 23 September 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230923142150/https://echoklassik-archiv.de/nominierte-und-gewinner/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="NY Times"/> 
* 2004: ''"Liszt"'' was nominated [[Edison Award]]'s Instrumental Soloist (''Instrumentale Solorecitals'')<ref name ="Edison"/>
* 2005: Yundi won "Best New Classical Artist" of [[XM Satellite Radio]]'s First Annual XM Nation Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=XM Satellite Radio's First Annual XM Nation Music Awards |url=http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2005/12/0501.html |website=Jazz News |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=20 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420122915/http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2005/12/0501.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2006: Yundi won the Nord/LB Artist Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinesischer Starpianist Yundi Li ist Preisträger des NORD/LB Artist Award 2006|url=https://www.nmz.de/politik-betrieb/veranstaltungen/chinesischer-starpianist-yundi-li-ist-preistraeger-des-nordlb|date=13 March 2006|website=Jazz News|access-date=9 January 2024|archive-date=9 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109044616/https://www.nmz.de/politik-betrieb/veranstaltungen/chinesischer-starpianist-yundi-li-ist-preistraeger-des-nordlb|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2010: In May, in recognition of his contribution to music, the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage presented Yundi with a Silver [[Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis]].<ref name="gloria">{{cite web |title=Lista laureatów Medalu Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/kultura/lista-laureatow-medalu-zasluzony-kulturze---gloria-artis |publisher=Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301102507/https://www.gov.pl/web/kultura/lista-laureatow-medalu-zasluzony-kulturze---gloria-artis |archive-date=1 March 2023 |language=Polish|trans-title=List of awardees of the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture}}</ref><ref name="silver">{{cite web|title=Yundi Li – Bio|year=2016|website=Chopin International Piano Competition 2015|language=pl|url=http://chopincompetition2015.com/juror/a32569dc-1f80-4cc5-b137-4ce548cbf8b0?tab=details|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=11 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811025855/https://chopincompetition2015.com/juror/a32569dc-1f80-4cc5-b137-4ce548cbf8b0?tab=details|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, in recognition to his contribution to Chopin pieces, the Polish government presented Yundi with the world's first Chopin passport (''Chopinowskie paszporty'').<ref name="Chopin Passport">{{cite web |author1=artykuł nadesłany |title=Chopinowskie paszporty dla obywateli sztuki |url=https://prnews.pl/chopinowskie-paszporty-dla-obywateli-sztuki-43716 |website=prnews |access-date=6 February 2024 |language=Polish |date=9 April 2010 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206051352/https://prnews.pl/chopinowskie-paszporty-dla-obywateli-sztuki-43716 |url-status=live|trans-title=Chopin passports for citizens of art }}</ref><ref name="Passport news">{{Cite web |title=李雲迪蕭邦大賽最年輕評委 |url=https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/entertainment/20141129/mobile/odn-20141129-1129_00282_063.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208042210/https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/entertainment/20141129/mobile/odn-20141129-1129_00282_063.html|archive-date=8 February 2024 |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=東方日報 |language=zh-hk|trans-title=Yundi Li, the youngest juror of International Chopin Piano Competition}}</ref><ref name="Proof">{{Cite web |last=sina_mobile |date=5 January 2021 |title=所以第一本"肖邦护照"获得者是郎朗还是李云迪？到底谁在说谎？ |url=https://k.sina.cn/article_2100757661_7d37049d00100xdu5.html |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=k.sina.cn |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208043828/https://k.sina.cn/article_2100757661_7d37049d00100xdu5.html |url-status=live|language=zh|trans-title=So who was the first recipient of "Chopin Passport", Lang Lang or Yundi Li? Who is lying?}}</ref>
* 2015: At the age of 33, Yundi served as the juror of [[XVII International Chopin Piano Competition]], making him the youngest-ever juror of [[International Chopin Piano Competition]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Pianist Li Yundi to Join Jury Panel of International Chopin Piano Competition|url=https://en.yibada.com/articles/8335/20141203/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-to-join-jury-panel-of-international-chopin-piano-competition.htm|website=yibada|date=3 December 2014 |access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222203600/http://en.yibada.com/articles/8335/20141203/chinese-pianist-li-yundi-to-join-jury-panel-of-international-chopin-piano-competition.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Li Yundi joins Chopin jury|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2014-12/03/content_19017886.htm#:~:text=Chinese%20pianist%20Li%20Yundi%20has%20been%20chosen%20as%20the%20jury,Martha%20Argerich%20and%20Garrick%20Ohlsson.|website=China Daily|access-date=28 February 2022|archive-date=28 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228181743/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2014-12/03/content_19017886.htm#:~:text=Chinese%20pianist%20Li%20Yundi%20has%20been%20chosen%20as%20the%20jury,Martha%20Argerich%20and%20Garrick%20Ohlsson.|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2019: In October, Yundi was awarded a Gold [[Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis]] by the Polish government, in recognition to his contribution to Polish culture.<ref name="gloria"/><ref name="gold">{{cite web|title=Li Yundi Awarded the Gloria Artis Medal|date=10 October 2019|website=Culture.pl|url=https://culture.pl/en/event/li-yundi-awarded-the-gloria-artis-medal|access-date=19 January 2022|archive-date=11 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811030932/https://culture.pl/en/event/li-yundi-awarded-the-gloria-artis-medal|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2022: Yundi was selected as the Honorary Board of [[Summa Cum Laude Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Board|url=https://www.sclfestival.org/honorary-board|access-date=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230447/https://www.sclfestival.org/honorary-board|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SCL Honorary Board 2022|url=https://www.sclfestival.org/images/download_files/SCL2022_honorary_board.pdf|access-date=10 August 2023|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203224358/https://www.sclfestival.org/images/download_files/SCL2022_honorary_board.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Impact==
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Yundi is a notable example of China's piano art development in the multifaceted development of the pianist's personality.<ref name="journal"/>
[[File:Yundi's Monument at Shenzhen Arts School.jpg|thumb|Yundi's Monument at Shenzhen Arts School, celebrating his first-prize in the [[International Chopin Piano Competition]]]]
Additionally, Yundi has promoted the development of classical music in China.<ref name=tm>{{cite web |title=China wonderkid: 'Role model' to 50 million young pianists |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/China-wonderkid-Role-model-to-50-million-young-pianists.384378 |website=[[The Times (Malta)]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229073411/https://timesofmalta.com/article/China-wonderkid-Role-model-to-50-million-young-pianists.384378 |archive-date=29 February 2024 |date=12 September 2011}}</ref> Since 2008, Yundi is sponsored by [[Rolex]], only under the condition that they subsidise music teaching in rural China.<ref name="inde">{{cite web |author1=Michael Church |title=Yundi Li: 'I think I'm not a normal artist' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/yundi-li-i-think-i-m-not-a-normal-artist-1915552.html |work=[[The Independent]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325050532/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/yundi-li-i-think-i-m-not-a-normal-artist-1915552.html |archive-date=25 March 2024 |date=7 March 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Yundi is the role model to millions of young musicians in his home country,<ref name=tm/> and has inspired many to learn piano.<ref name="irish"/><ref>{{cite web |author1=Clarissa Sebag Montefiore |title=Why piano-mania grips China's children |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20131022-piano-mania-grips-china |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111215416/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20131022-piano-mania-grips-china |archive-date=11 November 2020 |date=21 October 2014}}</ref> He has also given masterclasses at the [[Royal College of Music]], [[University of Cambridge]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mastering Chopin |work=University of Cambridge |url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/mastering-chopin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214084124/https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/mastering-chopin |archive-date=14 December 2021 |date=March 2011}}</ref> and [[Tsinghua University]].<ref name="bi"/>

Yundi has promoted [[Music of China|Chinese traditional music]] worldwide. He recorded traditional Chinese folk melodies but also world-premiere songs, aiming to promote Chinese keyboard music.<ref name=tm/>

== Discography ==
{{main|Yundi discography}}
Yundi's discography contains 16 studio albums. He has also made five contributions to compilation albums with [[Deutsche Grammophon]] not under his name and featured in three video items, his 2005 and 2010 concert, as well as his documentary ''The Young Romantic: A Portrait of Yundi''. He has achieved considerable commercial and critical success. His albums have ranked on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts, including the [[Billboard charts#Top Classical Albums|Top Classical Albums]].

==Bibliography==
=== Biography ===
* {{cite book |title=Yundi Li, sonate pour mains liées: biographie |date= 20 May 2025|language=fr|trans-title=Yundi Li: The Bound Hands Sonata – A Biography|isbn=979-8284614891|author=Christian Soleil}}

=== Documentary  ===
* ''The Young Romantic: A Portrait of Yundi (2008)''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/dvd/young-romantic-a-portrait-of-yundi-236222|title=The Young Romantic: A Portrait of Yundi|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|accessdate=2010-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102044715/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-young-romantic-a-portrait-of-yundi-v480635/releases|archive-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Yundi owns a cat named Musigny.<ref name="cat">{{cite web |title=李云迪与喵星人隔空互动 网友：你家猫胖成球了 |url=https://ient.ifeng.com/mip/42600675/news.shtml |publisher=Phoenix New Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323111001/https://ient.ifeng.com/mip/42600675/news.shtml |archive-date=23 March 2024 |date=5 April 2016 |url-status=live|language=zh|trans-title=Li Yundi interacts with his cat. Netizen: Your cat is as chubby as a ball.}}</ref> His hobbies are listening to [[Verdi]] accompanied by good red wine, and drinking tea while listening to jazz.<ref name="inde"/> His role-model is Chopin.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Julia Llewellyn Smith |title='Lang Lang? We've never met' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/10863146/Lang-Lang-Weve-never-met.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325050059/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/10863146/Lang-Lang-Weve-never-met.html |archive-date=25 March 2022 |date=6 June 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Foodie===
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Yundi enjoys cuisine across the globe, as he believes that music styles of places can be found from food.<ref name="foodie"/> He particularly likes crabs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Li Yundi is a crab fan |url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-09/27/content_30150090.htm |work=China Daily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927031322/http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-09/27/content_30150090.htm |archive-date=27 September 2013 |date=27 September 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is also good at cooking, especially [[Sichuan cuisine]] [[twice-cooked pork]].<ref name="foodie"/>

=== Philanthropy ===
In 2001, Yundi donated a portion of the sales revenue of his first CD "Yundi Li: Chopin" to [[United Nations Children's Fund]], aiming to benefit children living in China's economically disadvantaged areas.<ref name="Prize Winning Pianist Releases CD"/>

Soon after the [[2008 Sichuan Earthquake]], Yundi cancelled his European concerts<ref>{{cite web |author1=Lee Hyo-won |title=Young Maestros Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Li Yundi to Take Center Stage |url=https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.amp.asp?newsIdx=26074 |work=[[The Korea Times]]|date=17 June 2008|archive-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328150920/https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.amp.asp?newsIdx=26074|url-status=live}}</ref> to perform in a fundraising concert in Beijing, along with several other famous musicians of Sichuan origin. Funds raised at the concert were donated to helping rebuild schools in Wenchuan County and providing mental healing services for children affected by the earthquake.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sichuan musicians' fundraising concert |url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/wenchuan_earthquake/2008-06/03/content_15610038.htm |website=China.org.cn |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411175541/http://www.china.org.cn/china/wenchuan_earthquake/2008-06/03/content_15610038.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> On 29 November 2008, right before the [[International Day of Persons with Disabilities]], Yundi headlined a charity concert held in the [[Beijing National Stadium|Bird's Nest Stadium]] to support people disabled by the earthquake.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charity concert to be Bird Nest's first post-Games show |url=http://www.china.org.cn/culture/2008-11/12/content_16753561.htm |website=China.org.cn |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411175543/http://www.china.org.cn/culture/2008-11/12/content_16753561.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 11 January 2011, before a charity piano recital in Beijing, Yundi told reporters that "Charity is just like music which comes from deep inside my heart. I can express my love for society and my country through my fingers, just like Chopin did." This recital was for the individuals and companies that had contributed to the efforts of the Red Cross Society of China in 2010. During the recital, Yundi was honored as the Music Ambassador of the Chinese Red Cross Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top pianist to perform for charity |url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2010-12/23/content_21601635.htm |website=China.org.cn |access-date=17 February 2022 |archive-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117222013/http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2010-12/23/content_21601635.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Joining forces with I DO Fund of China Charity Federation<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.chinacharityfederation.org/nv_en.html?nid=47ff3c22-a609-4668-b916-4cd938a07845 |website=China Charity Federation |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=19 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219175718/http://www.chinacharityfederation.org/nv_en.html?nid=47ff3c22-a609-4668-b916-4cd938a07845 |url-status=live }}</ref> in 2016, Yundi helped build the first music classroom and library for Puma Jiangtang Elementary School, the school with the highest altitude (5373 meters) in Tibet. The music classroom was named after Yundi. At the opening ceremony on 1 September, also the first day of the new school year, Yundi taught the Tibetan children to play the piano hoping to help them open the door to music exploration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Li Yundi |url=https://www.chinawiki.net/thread/15/852.html |website=ChinaWiki |access-date=18 February 2022 |archive-date=18 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218044546/https://www.chinawiki.net/thread/15/852.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The first music classroom established at the elementary school with the highest altitude in the world |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2016/09-02/7992655.shtml |website=Chinanews.com.cn |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=19 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219174617/https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2016/09-02/7992655.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Arrest for allegedly hiring a sex worker===
On 21 October 2021, after a tip-off by public informants referred to as the [[Chaoyang masses]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/30/vigilante-surveillance-the-rise-of-beijings-neighbourhood-patrols|title=Chaoyang masses: the rise of Beijing's neighbourhood patrols|first=Vincent|last=Ni|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 October 2021|access-date=1 November 2021|archive-date=1 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101070848/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/30/vigilante-surveillance-the-rise-of-beijings-neighbourhood-patrols|url-status=live}}</ref> Yundi was detained by Beijing police for allegedly hiring a prostitute. Under Chinese law, Yundi could be detained for up to 15 days and fined up to 5000 yuan ($782) for illegally soliciting a sex worker. The [[Chinese Musicians' Association]] subsequently declared that it would revoke Yundi's membership.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 October 2021|title=Li Yundi: China's 'Piano Prince' detained for hiring prostitute|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59005937|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027184353/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59005937 |archive-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> [[Jerome A. Cohen]], a [[New York University]] law professor specializing in the Chinese law, called the "lack of transparency" about his case "concerning", noting that prostitution is a "time-honored Communist Party claim against political opponents".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hernández|first=Javier C.|date=22 October 2021|title=Chinese Pianist Is Held on Prostitution Suspicion, State Media Says|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/arts/music/li-yundi-china-prostitution.html|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031052320/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/arts/music/li-yundi-china-prostitution.html |archive-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> According to ''[[The Guardian]]'' on 22 October 2021, there has thus far been no evidence that indicates the detention is politically motivated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Graham-Harrison |first1=Emma |last2=Ni |first2=Vincent |title=China's 'piano prince' Li Yundi detained for allegedly hiring sex worker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/china-piano-prince-li-yundi-detained-for-allegedly-hiring-sex-worker |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 October 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024022733/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/china-piano-prince-li-yundi-detained-for-allegedly-hiring-sex-worker |url-status=live }}</ref> On 16 March 2022, the [[United States Department of Justice]] released a document suggesting "the derogatory information" regarding Yundi "may have been manufactured".<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Five Individuals Charged Variously with Stalking, Harassing and Spying on U.S. Residents on Behalf of the PRC Secret Police |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-individuals-charged-variously-stalking-harassing-and-spying-us-residents-behalf-prc-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330210759/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-individuals-charged-variously-stalking-harassing-and-spying-us-residents-behalf-prc-0 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lin Complaint |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1484296/download |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317184729/https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1484296/download |archive-date=17 March 2022 |publisher=United States Department of Justice |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Italiano |first=Laura |date=17 March 2022 |title=China plotted to use sex worker, porn, violence to end defector's run for Congress |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/china-used-sex-worker-porn-defector-run-congress-2022-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406065902/https://www.businessinsider.com/china-used-sex-worker-porn-defector-run-congress-2022-3 |archive-date=6 April 2022 |access-date=23 March 2022 |work=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rohrlich |first=Justin |date=16 March 2022 |title=Honey Traps, Child Porn and Violence: Feds Bust Chinese Plot to Destroy NY Candidate |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-alleges-chinese-community-party-and-retired-agent-qiming-lin-tried-to-ruin-ny-candidate-xiong-yan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405214558/https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-alleges-chinese-community-party-and-retired-agent-qiming-lin-tried-to-ruin-ny-candidate-xiong-yan |archive-date=5 April 2022 |access-date=23 March 2022 |work=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref>

==References==
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