Xiang-Dong Kong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kong and Xiang (祥) is a generation name.
Xiang-Dong Kong
孔祥東
Born1968
Shanghai, China
OccupationPianist

Xiang-Dong Kong (Chinese: 孔祥東 born 1968, in Shanghai) 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.[1] In 1992 he won the Sydney International Piano Competition. He is a 75th descendant of Confucius.[2]

Record of prizes
Year Competition Prize Ex-aequo with... 1st prize winner References
1986 Soviet Union International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow 7th Prize Northern Ireland Barry Douglas [1] Tchaikovsky IMC
1987 Spain Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Santander 4th Prize Soviet Union Pavel Nersessian United States David Allen Wehr [2] El País, 1988
1988 United States Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition 1st Prize [3] The New York Times, 1988
1992 Australia Sydney International Piano Competition 1st prize [4] Macau Gov.'s Cultural Institute

References

  1. ^ "Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation". Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
  2. ^ "Music beyond Medicine – Perspectives of Chinese Pianistby Tony Zhou". 18 June 2019.


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