In 2015, he served as a judge for the competition.īesides performing across the world, the pianist had also performed several times at China’s national broadcaster, CCTV’s annual Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, Gala, an annual show watched by hundreds of millions in China. Li was the youngest pianist, at 18, to win the XIV International Chopin Piano Competition in 2000. Li is a celebrity in China where learning piano is hugely popular among children and youth. People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China later identified Li Yundi as the person picked up by the police. Li Yundi, a national icon, wasn’t initially identified by the police who made public the news of the arrest through a cryptic post on China’s Twitter-like Weibo.Ī Weibo post written by the Beijing police on Thursday night, which carried the picture of a piano keyboard, said: “This world is indeed more than black and white, but black and white must be distinguished apart. They admitted to the “illegal behaviour” and have been placed under administrative detention, the district police were quoted as saying by local media. Li Yundi, 39, and a 29-year-old woman, were detained by the police of Chaoyang district in Beijing on Thursday night. (AP)Ī celebrated Chinese pianist Li Yundi has been detained for soliciting a sex worker, state media has reported. Police in China’s capital Beijing on Thursday say famed international pianist Li Yundi is a suspect in a prostitution case. Chinese pianist Li Yundi appears on stage with Australian singer Kylie Minogue during the 2011 Elite Model Look contest in Shanghai on December 6, 2011.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |