Li Ming-Qiang (, also spelled ''Li Min-Chan'') - is a Chinese classical pianist. He studied under

Alfred Wittenberg Alfred Wittenberg (14 January 1880 – 18 July 1952) was a German violinist, pianist and music educator. Life Born in Breslau, Wittenberg was born into a Jewish family. As a wunderkind, the ten-year-old performed in a concert with a violin con ...

and Tatiana Kravchenko, and as a young pianist in the late 1950s and early 1960s won awards at several Eastern European music competitions: the Smetana Competition in Prague in 1957 (3rd prize), the

George Enescu International Piano Competition The George Enescu International Competition is a music competition for young pianists, violinists, cellists and composers, that takes place in Bucharest, Romania. It has helped launch the careers of many musicians, and among its list of first-pr ...

in Bucharest in 1958 (1st prize), the

VI International Chopin Piano Competition The VI International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, VI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 22 February to 13 March 1960 in Warsaw. The competition was won by Maurizio Pollini of Italy, becoming the first win ...

in Warsaw in 1960 (4th prize). His recordings comprise pieces by the classics and romantics, as well as piano music by Chinese composers. In 1984 Li Ming-Qiang became Vice President of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (1984–1989), a professor of piano, and Chairman of the Shanghai Piano Association. He served as a juror at many international piano competitions, among others those of Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Van Cliburn in Fort Worth, Enescu in Bucharest, Chopin in Warsaw, as well as in Sydney, Shanghai, Paris and Montreal. In 1989 he relocated temporarily to the USA, where he held master classes at several music centers. In 1997 he moved to Hong Kong and became a professor in the Music and Arts Department at the

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. Despite his relatively short performing-career, Li Ming-Qiang is ranked among the influential contemporary

classical pianists (recorded) This is a list of pianists of whom recordings survive who play (or played) European classical music, classical music. For a more inclusive list not limited to recorded pianists, see also ''List of classical pianists'' (solo pianists) and ''List of ...

. Li is currently the Chief Music Consultant at Parsons Music Limited.

References

External links

The Frederic Chopin Society, "The International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition"Partial Li Ming-Qiang discographyMtraks.com, Chinese Music Classics of the 20th Century: Piano; Li Mingqiang MP3 "The Liuyang River"
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