Xiang-Dong Kong ( born 1968, in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

) is a Chinese pianist. He was one of the young musicians featured in '' From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China''. Kong was Gold Medalist at the 1988

Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is the second largest piano competition in the United States. The competition has three age categories: the International Artists Competition for pianists ag ...

. In 1992 he won the

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. He is a 75th descendant of

Confucius Confucius (; pinyin: ; ; ), born Kong Qiu (), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere originates in the phil ...

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1968 births Living people Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners Prize-winners of the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition Prize-winners of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition Musicians from Shanghai 21st-century Chinese classical pianists Descendants of Confucius {{classical-pianist-stub