At 18, Yundi Li became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious International Chopin Competition. The pianist, now 22, discusses his enthusiasm for the 19th-century Polish composer.

At 18, Yundi Li became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious International Chopin Competition. The pianist, now 22, discusses his enthusiasm for the 19th-century Polish composer.

Yundi Li's Saturday afternoon piano recital at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater served to confirm all of the rhapsodic reports that have followed this young pianist since he won first prize in ...

"My God. Li Yundi, the piano prince?" one shocked netizen wrote. At just 18, Li became the youngest pianist to win first prize at the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000.

At 18, Yundi Li became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious International Chopin Competition. The pianist, now 22, discusses his enthusiasm for the 19th-century Polish composer.

Li, 39, began playing piano as a small child and studied in China and Germany before becoming the youngest winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000 at age 18.

News about his playing has preceded him wherever he performs since he won first prize at the 2000 Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw at the age of 18.

L ast fall Li Yundi, an 18-year-old Chinese pianist, won the Gold at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. On Friday night, that tall, slim, elegant youth made a sensational Toronto ...

Li, 39, began playing piano as a small child and studied in China and Germany before becoming the youngest winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000 at age 18.