NEWS
06/08/2021
Yidi Ding won the gold medal in 2022 Young Artist Concerto piano competition
On June 5, 2022, the thrilling Featuring Winners of the 2022 Young Artists concert was held in New Jersey. Yidi Ding was invited to play with the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra. Yidi Ding is a 10 year old boy, he got the golden prize in the Young Artist Concerto Piano Competition of Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra. He won the opportunity to perform with the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra.
The competition is mainly for college preparatory and high school students and below. Contestants come from states across the United States, ranging in age from 10 to 18 years old. This competition adopted a uniform scoring standard regardless of age group. Since the gold medal winner has the opportunity to work with the Orchestra, the competition attracts most students of college preparatory from the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, New England School of Music and other top music schools in the United States.
Yidi Ding started his piano lessons at the age of 5. A year later, as a prodigy, he was invited to perform in a solo concert at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. The China Record Corporation arranged for him to release a personal CD album. Yidi has performed in major venues in Shanghai, China, Hong Kong, Carnegie Hall in New York, and Golden Hall in Vienna. He has won over 20 first prizes in numerous prestigious piano competitions in the world, including some grand prizes. He was accepted to the Pre-college Division of the Juilliard School when he was only 7 years old. He was selected as a Lang Lang International Music Foundation Young Scholar for 2020-2022.
Gary Graffman, the prominent piano educator, has praised Yidi for his gift and tremendous talent as a pianist. Other renowned pedagogues have lauded him for his prodigious musical development and feel he is“a natural, with impressive emotional expression far expression far exceeding his age”. They call him a major musical talent... able to project his deeply felt ideas precisely and persuasively”.
Yidi Ding is only 10 years old now, and there is still a long journey to go in the future. We believe he will always keep a pure and grateful heart, be modest and progressive to accumulate steadily and make a better himself.
04/12/2021
Yidi Ding won the European International Piano Award again with Full marks First place in the competition
After winning the highest award (Crown of Stars) in the 2020 European Music and Stars International Classical Music Competition, on April 11, 2021, news came from Switzerland that Yidi Ding won the second ISCART International Music Competition in 2021 with the First place in European competitions again.
The Swiss ISCART International Music Competition is a competition full of innovative projects. All competitions cover professional and amateur groups. Age categories range from toddlers to musicians. There is no limit to the number of scholarship recipients, and it is open to the world. The jury is composed of famous musicians from all over the world: Italian pianist Tiziano Rosetti (ISCART director), Chinese young pianist Li Jia, Italian La Scala Symphony Orchestra cellist principal Sandro Laffranchini, Milan Symphony Orchestra concert host Germana Porcu, Russian violinist Anna Serova and famous soprano singer Olga Romanko and so on. It is worth mentioning that the competition will not only issue certificates to the winners, but also select outstanding or potential concert performers/singers from the competition to train and organize performances in music festivals around the world to realize the musical dreams for those who are aspiring to become professional Performers/Singer in future.
Yidi Ding Performed at home
The Swiss ISCART International Music Competition is a competition full of innovative projects. All competitions cover professional and amateur groups. Age categories range from toddlers to musicians. There is no limit to the number of scholarship recipients, and it is open to the world. The jury is composed of famous musicians from all over the world: Italian pianist Tiziano Rosetti (ISCART director), Chinese young pianist Li Jia, Italian La Scala Symphony Orchestra cellist principal Sandro Laffranchini, Milan Symphony Orchestra concert host Germana Porcu, Russian violinist Anna Serova and famous soprano singer Olga Romanko and so on. It is worth mentioning that the competition will not only issue certificates to the winners, but also select outstanding or potential concert performers/singers from the competition to train and organize performances in music festivals around the world to realize the musical dreams for those who are aspiring to become professional Performers/Singer in future.
Overall performance of the contestants in this competition is very brilliant. Even the toddler group also showed their expert skills. The performance of the children made the jury members sigh! Among them, a few individual contestants chose a higher age group to challenge and achieved ideal results. Ding Yidi, a 9-year-old Chinese pianist from the Juilliard School of Music in the United States competed in the 11-13 year old Piano Solo Professional Group, and won the brilliant results of full marks and scholarships! His talent surprised the jury!
Yidi Ding has absorbed all kinds of music knowledge like a sponge, since he came to the United States in 2019 to study at the Juilliard School of Music. In addition to learning piano, he is also learning composition and conducting. His first concerto-"Ding Yidi's First Piano Concerto" is in process. Yidi received invitations from many organizations in the United States and Europe to perform next year. Yidi works hard to balance between his musician study and school work. Intensive learning doesn’t impact a child’s playful nature, his parents always support him to try everything like golf, table tennis, bicycle, and running. Racing with daddy is a must do item in evening family walking.
Yidi Ding is composing his "First Piano Concerto" by the lake
02/12/2021
Yidi Ding was invited by SINO TV Global for OX Spring Festival Gala
On December 15th, 2020 SINO TV US invited Yidi Ding for SINO TV Global OX Spring Festival Gala. During the epidemic, instead of on-site attendance, Yidi recorded “I love you, China” to may his great motherland prosperity; May global Chinese a Happy New Year!
On August 9, 2020, Yidi Ding won the first prize in the 8th Global Outstanding Chinese Artists Association International Piano Competition ( GOCAA )
The GOCAA is a non-profit art association recognized by the US Federal Government. Aiming at globalizing domestic artistic achievements and promoting cooperation between Chinese and artists from other countries, GOCAA members are active in a variety of art forms, including music art, visual art, dance and other art forms. In order to create an international art expression platform, GOCAA invited both outstanding artists from internationally renowned music schools, and musician masters from the world. GOCAA organizes a lot of academic events around the world to encourage artistic exchanges. GOCAA has successfully held many art events in China and the United States to introduce good Chinese artists to the world!
Ding Yidi is recording a video for GOCAA
12/22/2020
Yidi Ding Has Been Awarded the Grand Prix Crown of Stars (Best Instrumentalist) in 2020 Classical Music Competition Music and Stars
On December 22nd, the result of Music and Stars International Classic Music Competition was finally announced. Yidi Ding won the highest prize and was awarded the “Crown of Stars” in 2020 Classica Music Competition Music and Stars.
This online global classic music competition was opened to all the counties around the world. There are 107 judges from more than 30 countries like United States, China, Germany, Japan, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Spain, Russia, Serbia, Austria, Finland, Hungary, Ukraine, France, United Kingdom, Singapore, Italy, Romania, South Korea, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Macedonia, Poland, Turkey, Belgium, Netherlands, Israel, Thailand, Ireland, Malaysia, and other countries. Such a strong lineup of judges to ensure fairness and justice in the competition. There are Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards for the competition. The particular outstanding contestant will be awarded the Crown of Stars. The “Crown of Stars” winner will have the opportunity to publish a personal CD for free and will be displayed in the “Hall of Fame” on “Music and Stars” website.
Ding was born in 2011 in Shanghai, China. When Yidi was 7 years old he was admitted to the Juilliard Pre-College Division Piano major. Since then, Yidi goes both elementary school and Juilliard. Yidi shows his passion for music in various fields, besides playing piano Yidi is learning conducting and composition. Now Yidi is working on his first own concerto which is planning to be done at the end of 2021. Yidi has been invited to hold concerts in many cities across the United State in 2022. He hopes that he will have the opportunity to conduct the orchestra by himself and also can perform his first own concerto during his concerts.
10/20/2020
Yidi Ding won first place in the children's category in the 2020 Steinway Piano Online Competition in the three states of the United States
Good news came on October 20, 2020. With the perfect score of 5, Ding Yidi won first place in the children's category of the first Steinway Online Piano Competition in the three states (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) of the United States in 2020. At the same time, he was invited to New York's Steinway Company to record and broadcast the video to the global. After the epidemic, Steinway Company will hold a solo recital for him at the Steinway Concert Hall in New York.
Due to the epidemic, this competition is an online competition that is open to young pianists aged 17 and under living in the United States and Canada. It lasted for several months and attracted more than 1,800 outstanding players to participate. The competition was fierce and the judges were all formed by well-known piano educators and performers in the United States.
The Steinway Piano Competition started in 1936 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the first Steinway piano. It was held in its hometown of Germany for teenagers from 7 to 17. The Steinway Piano Competition has become one of the most famous youth piano competitions. In order to promote international cultural exchanges, let more Chinese young pianists realize their musical dreams, the Steinway Youth Piano Competition came to China in 2002. It has also become one of the important competitions of the Chinese Youth Piano Competition since then.
05/04/2020
Yidi Ding was invited to participate in “Transmitting Love-Global Chinese Musicians Relay Concert”
On April 30th,2020, Yidi Ding was invited as the youngest musician to perform on “Passing Love-Global Chinese Musicians Relay Concert”.
During the pandemic of COVID-19, well-known musicians Zhoutong Wu and Yun Zhu proposed to launch the "Passing Love-Global Chinese Young Musicians Relay Concert" event. From 10am to 4pm on May 4th, 2020, Fresh Radio, Beijing TV, China Education Television and many other media live broadcast this large-scale public welfare concert for more than 6 hours. This performance brought together nearly forty musicians who have to stayed abroad due to the epidemic. Performers overcame time differences from five continents and used music to spread love to the world. It has been a huge success, and the number of online viewers is as high as a few millions.
In the concert, Ding Yidi cowork with Mr. Shenghua Hu, the second chief of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, performed "Missing" to express their ardent yearning for the motherland by overseas Chinese, and at the same time to commemorate people who have passed away from the coronavirus in 2020. The perfect combination of the faint violin sound and the deep piano sound spoke all the endless miss ethereally and clearly, that is the nostalgia in the heart, the longing for the distant, and also the remembrance of the deceased. Even though the distance and the clouds cover the vision, have you ever found just now, at the moment, I am leaning against the window pining for you my motherland…...
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Parts of musicians in the concert
01/01/2020
Yidi Ding was selected as the youngest student by Lang Lang New York International Music Foundation in "Young Scholars Program"
2020-2022 Foundation Young Scholars Program Achievers
On January 1, 2020, the Lang Lang International Music Foundation officially announced the list of the Foundation’s Young Scholars for 2020-2022. A total of 11 scholars were selected this time, ranging in age from 9 to 18 years old, and Yidi Ding was selected at the youngest age.
Since 2008, Young Scholars of the foundation have been selected and directed by Lang Lang personally, aiming to provide a professional platform for children with musical talents and a passion for piano. The project includes a number of activities to train young pianists, not only to give guidance to masters, but also to provide a stage for them to give back to the community. The little pianists have the opportunity to hold concerts in schools, hospitals, museums and other venues in the community.
Within two years, students will also have the opportunity to travel around the world, participate in world-class music festivals and famous classical music events, communicate with musicians from different cultural backgrounds, and broaden their musical horizons. In the past few years, students have participated in performances including Chicago Summer Music Summit, Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy, and Lang Lang & Friends Concert and so on.
09/25/2019
Been invited to perform at Trump Golf Club in the United States and was praised by the guests
Yidi Ding in Trump Golf Club
On September 25, 2019, some well-known entrepreneurs from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut gathered at the Trump Golf Club in New Jersey to host a networking event. Yidi Ding was invited as a young pianist from Juilliard School of Music to perform at the event.
Yidi Ding played Liszt’s "Comfort". The slow and deep sound of the piano brought the guests' mood into deep grief and nostalgia. Long and beautiful, as if entering a dreamy realm with a touch of sadness, it is also the tranquility and serenity that has not been touched in a long time.
Little Yidi’s performance deeply moved all the guests in the audience. After the end of the song, there was a long applause. All the guests were amazed by the affectionate performance of this kid from China. People come to introduce themselves to Yidi, and the chairman of a Foundation invited Yidi to have a concert at Carnegie Hall.
09/08/2019
Yidi Ding’s Mum accept interview to share her experience
In the morning of March 30th Beijing time, Andante has been informed that 7 years Yidi Ding got the offer from Juilliard School Pre-college Program Piano Major.Yidi was selected from more than 6,000 candidates worldwide and was unanimously approved and recognized by 8 examiners on the spot. He became one of the few admitted students in the piano department. He is about to become the youngest student of Julia. This is the Chinese little piano boy——Yidi Ding.
Last June, I was invited to attend a solo concert by Ding Yidi at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. All the notes are played so touching that I couldn’t believe it was a solo concert by a 6-year-old kid who had just learned the piano for one and half years. listening to his music, also can really feel that this is indeed a performance of a 6-year-old kid, without any dazzling skills, only a great sense of music and a keen sense of music, which also reveals naughty and childlike innocence, you can really feel his enthusiastic on his music.
Yidi Ding warmed up before the exam in the Juilliard School
About Learning Piano
Yidi’s way of learning piano may be the same as most parents. After all, Yidi is still a naughty little boy, and a particularly active kid, until now, I have to fight with him every time he practices piano! During the two-hour practice time arranged every day, he will go to toilet, drink water, etc. a lot of excuses and the duration of sitting on the bench will not exceed 10 minutes! The same goes for piano lessons. After a while, he went under the chair, and after a while he hid behind the piano. Fortunately, the teacher is also very patient, saying that as long as he can play well for these 10 minutes on the piano bench! Don't ask him too much to be like an adult, not to obliterate his interest, this is the saddest thing.
We are also very grateful to the teachers for teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. In order to maintain Yidi’s nature and not extinguish his interest in music, his teacher did not arrange many etudes or finger exercises like most piano teachers. Since learning the piano at the age of 5, Yidi has played many big pieces. The skill training arranged by the teacher for Yidi is also realized by practicing different levels of music. The teacher advocates that young children should learn from having enough fun in practicing.
About Studying
As mentioned before, neither his father nor I was a musician, but in order for Yidi to learn better, we must learn more! To grow up with him! In the past two years, our family is full of music, and I have also learned to appreciate music. Our family will subscribe to various music books and magazines. Even if we don't know how to play the piano, we will at least appreciate it. We are Yidi's most loyal listeners! Yidi likes to read biographies. We have biographies of all the famous musicians. Our family subscribes to various music books and magazines.
Parts of the awards Yidi Got
Sometimes I also read to him in stories. Among them, he likes Liszt the most. Once he asked me, mother, would you be like Liszt’s father and find me many teachers? In reality, for Yidi's study, we inquired through various channels. We talked with many experts and masters to give Yidi lessons and listened to different opinions and suggestions.
There is an old saying that goes "read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles". Although he has been studying piano for two and a half years, Yidi has participated in many competitions and performances, large and small, and we have taken him abroad to study. Therefore, Yidi is not afraid of performing on stage or communicating with foreign masters. I think we must go to see the outside world more from an early age, and we must not stay behind closed doors. Even just going out to travel will let him deeply feel nature, feel the local customs, and improve his aesthetic ability. It was snowing heavily when Yidi went to New York to have the Juilliard audition. The day before the exam, Yidi had a great time playing in the snow in Central Park. I think it’s not at this time to practice piano, let him feel the beauty of the moment.
We always encourage Yidi to try something new besides piano, like playing golf, taekwondo, skiing, cycling, running, robot storms, programming, doing chemical experiments. There are many small things he made at home, such as traffic lights, small cameras, binoculars, etc. Recently he started learning composing. Since art and music originate from life, Yidi’s young mind needs nourishment and learning in all aspects to help him understand composer’s better to make more moving songs, otherwise, things will be boring.
About growth
I think that a child must first grow into a qualified social person, be healthy physically and mentlely. Good character and behavioral integrity is more important than anything else. So first of all, we must cultivate children's good morals, morals in the world then the cultivation of talents. I am a strict mum that never spoils Yidi, but I respect the child's nature. Although my father and I have paid a lot for his music learning, we respect his choice about what he wants to do when he grows up. Letting music accompany a child's life is the most beautiful thing, and it is also one of the best things we want to offer him.
In the next few years, we plan to let Yidi settle down to lay a solid foundation, and try not to participate in many competitions, as the parents we will try to navigate him let him know everything relies on his hard work. He needs to get used to the ups and downs in his life, setbacks and failures to polish a better life . . .Yidi is about to start his school life in US, all his behavior will present Chinese abroad. We will try our best to cultivate him to be a person who will be beneficial to society in the future.
“There is a long and beautiful road in the world called dreams; there is also a very high and hard wall called reality; climbing over that wall is called persistence; pushing down that wall is called breakthrough; the unswerving process is called concentration Strength; the effort of not forgetting the original intention is called faith. " ——Yidi Mum
（Article source: Andante Music Student website）
09/08/2019
A little Pianist came from Music Festival —— Review Niu Niu Dialogue with Yidi Ding
The 15th Shanghai Conservatory of Music International Piano Art Festival in 2019 has come to an end. In the art festival, an extraordinary "Super Piano Boy Cultivation Story-Talking between Niu Niu and Ding Yidi" attracted lots of attention, so follow it today. Let's go back to the event site to take a look at the shots of the event!
In 2005, the 7-year-old Niu Niu was the youngest student at the first Shanghai Conservatory of Music International Piano Art Festival; and this year, the art festival has reached the 15th, and who has just passed the Juilliard Pre-college exam and became the school’s current youngest student "Little Prodigy", Yidi Ding, also became the youngest student in this year's art festival. On the morning of August 25th, in the orchestra rehearsal hall of the Opera House, two piano prodigies, their mentors and parents shared the interesting things in their artistic life to the audience.
Yidi Ding with Niuniu, teachers and the host
Yidi Ding was interviewed
Host of the event: Zhao Chenxi（Editor and producer of classic 947）
Written by: Zhao Chenxi
Editor: Zhang Xiaoxue
Article source: Shanghai Conservatory of Music International Piano Art Center
07/04/2019
Yidi Ding Piano Solo Thanksgiving Concert" has come to a successful conclusion in Shanghai
Photos of Yidi Ding’s Live Performance
On June 26, the "Yidi Ding Piano Solo Thanksgiving Concert" was held at the Hansen Concert Hall in Shanghai. Chinese famous tenor Jie Liu and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra young viola performer Siyuan Zhang both were invited. The concert was a complete success.
The leaders of the Shanghai Municipal Association, Professor Keng Zhou and Professor Beihua Tang of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Mr. Haike Gong and Ms. Hong Xu, Chairman of Shanxi Hairong Group, Mr. John Zhou, Chairman of Shanghai Hansen Piano Co., Ltd. Ms.Ciling Li, President of the Lawyers Association, Ms.Ping Xu, Public Relations Director and Executive Chairman of the Liszt International Youth Piano Competition, Ms. Yilei Ding, CEO of Yixin Culture and Producer of Little Planet Music Club, Mr. Shuli Cheng, Vice President of China Architecture Design Institute, etc.
This concert is a special concert held by Yidi Ding to thank his teachers, relatives and friends before leaving for the US to study at the Juilliard. In March of this year, Ding Yidi stood out from thousands of applicants from all over the world, and was admitted to the Piano Pre-college Program of Juilliard Music School at the age of only 7. After enrolling in September this year, he will become the youngest student of Juilliard so far.
In the first half of the concert, Yidi Ding first opened with a Chinese song "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon". Those little hands stirred up waves of slight embellishments, set aside the light accent, the rhythm was relaxed, and the music was in peace. It reveals the quiet vitality and a trace of sophistication, making people seem to see a bright moon in the sky and clouds. The following repertoires are Liszt’s "Consolation No. 3", "Mozart Sonata KV330" full movement, "Paintings of Bashu" six in group, "Bach Fantasia BWV906", "Haydn Sonata in D major". Every piece is exciting. If you don't see in person, you can hardly imagine that such wonderful music is actually produced by a child who is just over 7 years old.
Yidi Ding Accompanies the Famous Tenor Jie Liu
The first song in the second half is the "Best of Love" duet by Yidi Ding and Siyuan Zhang, a young performer of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. The tone of the whole song is melodious, sometimes low, sometimes cheerful, sometimes bleak, sometimes unrestrained, the seamless combination of Ding Yidi’s piano and Zhang Siyuan’s violin, the sound of the keys and chords is gripping, perfect interpretation of Liang Zhu’s love from tragedy to poignant and then to Perfectly circulate the process of frustration. A song "Blessings of Love" brought the entire concert to a climax, and the audience continued to applaud. The next series is "The Wild Goose", sung by singer Jie Liu, accompanied by Ding Yidi on the piano. Teacher Liu is the first Chinese tenor to win a worldwide award since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The singing voice of Teacher Liu made the concert more attractive. Followed by "Chopin Sheng #C minor impromptu Fantasia Op.66'' and "Black Cat Sheriff". Ding Yidi played "Black Cat Sheriff'' majestically. Listening to the cheerful and familiar melody makes us seem to be back in childhood. After the song, the applause could not be stopped for a long time. Amid the applause of the audience again, Ding Yidi returned to the show, and finally performed a moving "Chopin Nocturne” to end the concert.
After the concert, Ding Yidi presented flowers to his family and thanked his grandparents and parents for their nurturing, and then presented flowers to three mentors, Professor Keng Zhou, James Brawn, and Tong Jin, and thanked them for their nurturing grace. Ding Yidi’s father also thanked Professor Niankui Liu, Professor Jie Chen and other teachers who were far away in the United States who were not able to be there. Professor Keng Zhou and the other three teachers took the stage and gave speeches. They all encouraged Yidi Ding to learn as much as he can from international masters after going to the United States.
The concert was a complete success. Two months later, Yidi will embark on a new journey to study in the US. I hope our little pianist will grow up to a professional master soon.
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Yidi Ding with his teacher, Professor Keng Zhou
04/05/2019
Yidi Ding, the 7-year-old Child Admitted to the Juilliard School
The Juilliard School
It is understood that this year, more than 6,000 outstanding candidates applied for the Juilliard School, having sent their own video works. No more than 100 candidates received the interview notification, and the admitted ones were even fewer. Yidi Ding successfully received the interview notice and went to New York for a second-round audition in February this year. With the music flowing from his fingertips, full of life and soul, and integrating body and mind, Andy impressed all the professors and judges receiving unanimous approval.The jury commented that Ding Yidi had an innate ability to attract people’s attention to his performance. His rare ability is extremely important and valuable for professional pianists.
Yidi was born in Shanghai in August 2011. He received music enlightenment at four and a half. At age 5, he began to study piano formally and learned from Professor Keng Zhou, the Director of International Piano Academy of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music; James Brawn, the British pianist and Steinway artist; Professor Nianqu Liu, the famous composer and improviser, and Jin Man.
In the early morning of March 30, 2019, the heartening news came from the United States that Yidi Ding (English name: Andy Ding), the Chinese 7-year-old child was admitted to the Pre-College Department of the Juilliard School, which is thought of as the ‘Harvard of music schools’ in the music profession. It is reported that Andy will be the youngest student in the Juilliard School after enrolment in September.
The Juilliard School is one of the world’s top music institutes and gaining admission is even more difficult than Harvard University. Since its establishment in 1965, it has cultivated many top performers and achieved several generations of world-class artists. Artists like Miles Davis, the jazz musician; Robin Williams, the film star; James Levine, the director of the Metropolitan Opera House; John Williams, the popular composer in Hollywood; and Yo-Yo Ma, the most famous Chinese musician in classical music, all graduated from the Juilliard School.
Yidi Ding in the Juilliard School
Yidi Ding and his babies
While listening to his father’s introduction, I was even more curious about how Yidi’s musical ability was cultivated. Yidi’s father told me that Yidi was a sunny, happy “little warm man” with a brilliant smile on his face. When he sat on the piano bench, he felt calm and affectionate. His piano sounds were as if an adult was playing; however, when he jumped off the piano bench, he was completely a childish boy, showing the lively and naughty side of a 7-year-old person. The most gratifying thing for his parents is that he is very caring, imaginative and full of love for life. There was a train made of cardboard boxes in his room with 52 woolly dolls in it. In his world, all the dolls were his babies and he was their father. Every day when practicing the piano, Yidi places a few dolls on the side of the piano to let them accept the “music enlightenment”. On the day of the second-round exam in New York, he passed a boutique store, staring at the furry bear in the window and couldn’t walk. He said, “Mom, he’s so lonely. He’s calling me Dad. He’s waiting for me to pick him up. Shall we take him home?” Later, his mother bought the bear, so during his days in New York, he slept with the bear every day and told the bear his stories of Juilliard’s exam.
It is precisely because of this kind of innocence that his imagination is well reflected in music. When playing Liszt’s music, he feels Liszt talking to him; when playing Bach’s music, he feels Bach lying in the music and listening to him. One day when he was playing Bach’s works, he suddenly stopped and said to his mother sitting beside him earnestly, “Mom, you see, I played Bach alive, and he sat up from the music.” His mother was shocked when she heard it, and it took a few minutes for her to recover. At that time, Yidi was only five years old. Yidi’s father also said that they attach great importance to the all-round development of children’s morality, intelligence and physique, and to the cultivation of his cultural heritage, because studying a subject to a high level must be based on one’s foundation and cultural heritage too. Therefore, in addition to the piano, they usually take Yidi to watch Chinese and foreign classical concerts, rock and roll, drama, dance, children’s chorus, musicals and so on; and take him to visit art exhibitions of painting, creative exhibitions and other beautiful art museums. They will also ask Yidi to make serious efforts in the study of literature, poetry, mathematics, nature, English and other subjects.
Yidi’s father is proud that Yidi has learned piano for only two and a half years. He was enlightened by music at the age of four and a half, and formally began to learn piano at the age of five. He won 15 First Prizes at home and abroad in less than a year. For example, the first place in the Finals of Kindergarten Group of 2017 Yangtze River The Grand Piano Master Tour; the first place in the Finals of Kindergarten Group and Chinese Music Grade Examination Group of the Eighth (2018) Hong Kong International Piano Invitation Competition; the first place and Special Talent Award in the Finals of Children Group of 2018 Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition (New York). In 2018, he won the first prize in Children Group of Vienna International Music Competition and the Best Children’s Talent Award. In Franz Liszt International Youth Piano Competition in 2018, he won the first prize in Children Group also.
Yidi's first publicly released CD when he was six years old
In March 2018, Ding Yidi’s first personal CD album was published by China Record Group Co., Ltd and he was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in the United States and the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. In June of the same year, Ding Yidi presented a solo recital at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. It has taken only two and a half years for Yidi Ding to achieve such success at a young age, which is beyond most ordinary people’s imagination and reach. Now, Yidi Ding has once again given us a big surprise! He has distinguished himself from more than 6,000 candidates all over the world and successfully entered the world’s top music academy at the youngest age, thus achieving a gorgeous turn of events.
God has given him a pair of wings. We sincerely hope that he can soar freely, flying higher and higher in the world of music!
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06/28/2018
Yidi Ding’s First piano concert was a big success in brilliantly performance with famous Eastern and Western Repertoire
At 7:30 pm on June 22nd, the "Piano Warm Heart" Yidi Ding Piano Recital, co-sponsored by China Record (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Sino-Foreign Culture and Art Exchange Association, was held in the Auditorium of Shanghai Oriental Art Center. Yidi Ding, who was only 6 years old, brought a delightful audio & visual enjoyment to nearly 300 audiences with his mature performance beyond his age.
"Piano Warm Heart" Yidi Ding Piano Concert
Mr. Limin Zhang, general manager of China Record Corporation, announced during the concert that Yidi Ding is the youngest and publicly released pianist of China Record Corporation. It is "unbelievable" that a 6-year-old child can achieve this level of performance. He said that this solo concert is a manifestation of Yidi Ding’s ability and also is an important milestone in his life. "Yidi’s musical life has officially set off since tonight’s concert."
At the beginning of the concert, Yidi Ding walked onto the stage in a black suit. The gentleman saluted the audience and took a seat. His mature performance won warm applause from the audience. The following song "Bach Invention No.8" officially kicked off the concert. The little piano prince focused on the performance, striving for a concentrated, bright, and flexible technical approach to the exact point. Later performances such as "Comfort", "Andante moderato", "Etude op25-nr2", "Adelina by the Water", etc., all have implicit and deep emotional expression, and have the proficiency of fingertips. With Yidi's interpretation, emotion and technology integrated each other which brought the audience a hearty music enjoyment.
Yidi Ding and some audiences
In the second half of the concert, Yidi worked with Professor Nianqu Liu who is a famous composer, pianist brought the wonderful "Belt and Road Rhapsody". Its abundant emotional expression and shocking live performance are full of contagion and fully demonstrate this 25 year of stage experience pianist’s unique improvisation style and profound artistic skills.
Reporter: NaXu
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The guests attending this concert are:
Mr. Zhenyuan Liu, the former deputy mayor of Shanghai; General Julin Li, the former deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet & former commander of Air Force; Mr. Limin Zhang, general manager of China Recording (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Mr. Kangwei Zhao, president of the Shanghai Sino-foreign Culture and Art Exchange Association; Mr. Li Ruan, Office Director of China Record (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Mr. Zhongyi Qiu, Secretary-General of Asia Music Festival; Ms. Ping Xu, Public Relations Director of Liszt International Youth Piano Competition Executive Chairman of East China; Mr. Xiaohao Yan, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Greenland Energy Group Industrial Company .
Yidi Ding and his teacher Professor NIanqu jointly performed
Yidi Ding and the flute player Huike Zhou collaborated to perform
Yidi Ding saluted the audience
11/16/2017
A Rising Star ---- Little Piano Prince Yidi Ding
On December 13, Yidi Ding won the first prize in the children's category of "2017 The Pearl Kayserburg" International Youth Piano finals Competition.From November 11th to November 12th, one of the three most authoritative piano competitions in China, the "Zhujiang·Kaiserburg" International Youth Piano Competition finals was held in Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music.
There were more than 20,000 contestants in 42 divisions around the world. After the selection of regional competitions, 392 very outstanding contestants finally came to the finals. This competition is composed of Chinese pianists, Mr. Liu Sikun, who is a composer and music educator, served as the director of the organizing committee and invited more than 30 internationally renowned pianists to form the final jury.
There were more than 20,000 contestants in 42 divisions around the world. After the selection of regional competitions, 392 very outstanding contestants finally came to the finals. This competition is composed of Chinese pianists, Mr. Liu Sikun, who is a composer and music educator, served as the director of the organizing committee and invited more than 30 internationally renowned pianists to form the final jury.
There were seven groups in the final competition, the smallest of which is a non-professional group under the age of 6. The outstanding performance of Yidi Ding from the Shanghai division won first place in the group without any suspense.
Yidi Ding was born in Shanghai in August 2011. Neither of his parents is a musician, and they never think about let Yidi be a pianist when he grew up. When Yidi was 5, Yidi's parents happened to meet Mr. Jintong who returned to China from a piano major in Ukraine in a piano shop. Mr. Jin felt that the child had a great musical talent and strongly suggested that Yidi's parents let Yidi learn piano. Yidi’s parents were skeptical, and believed it is always good to have one more hobby. They let Yidi learn piano from Teacher Jin, and Yidi’s standardized piano enlightenment learning officially began.
After two months of studying at Teacher Jin, the little piano prince’s talent gradually emerged. The teacher has never taught any kids can play the level 3 exam pieces as soon as he picks them up in 2 learning months and recognized the notes with any 4 keys combination without any hesitation. Teacher Jin said that this kid is amazing. Yidi's learning speed is super-fast. Generally, a child learns a year's textbook, and he can finish it in two months. In order to let Yidi have a faster and higher development, Yidi's parents started a journey to find a teacher, and Teacher Jin was also very supportive. According to friends, Yidi’s parents found teacher Tang Shengsheng from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music who built a good foundation for Yidi. Later, he studied under teacher Jin Geping, and British pianist Steinway signed artist James Brawn. In August of this year, by chance, Yidi’s parents happened to meet the famous older generation of pianist and composer Liu Nianhua (the author of the song "Feng Shen Bang") who had just returned from the United States and settled in Shanghai. As soon as Professor Liu saw Yidi he officially accepted Yidi as his apprentice. Master Liu liked this youngest disciple very much, not only teaching him piano, but also composing and conducting.
Yidi with Competition organizer Professor Liu
Yidi Ding accepted interviews with many TV stations after winning
Yidi shows his talent, and his teacher is praised. Now Yidi has been recognized by many international masters.
James Brawn, Yidi's teacher, Steinway Artist said: "Yidi is a very gifted child. I have been teaching and performing all over the world for more than 20 years. I have rarely seen such a child. This is really a gift." Vladimir Ovchinnikov, an international piano master and head of the secondary school affiliated to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Russia, said: "Yidi has a natural musical feeling. It’s really great. As a parent and a teacher, you must protect his talent and let this feeling continue to develop until he becomes an international master.”
Inesa, an internationally renowned piano educator and piano professor of the Manhattan piano department, said after watching Yidi’s performance at the Oriental Art Center: “Such a small child can Playing "The Orchid of the Mean" so vividly and touchingly has moved me deeply. It is difficult for professional students in their 10s or even 20s to achieve. I can't imagine that this beautiful sound comes from a six-year-old child's hand, which is amazing."
Editor in charge: Wang Lei
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