Li Chuan Yun (李傳韻; born 1980), also known as Chanyun Li or Babeli, is a Chinese

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. He began studying

at the age of three and won his first prize in Beijing when he was five. Li performed all the violin solos for the 2002 film

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''BIGFANBOY.com''. June 4, 2003. Retrieved February 14, 2009. and also starred in the film.

Biography

Born to a musical family in the coastal city of

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in Northern China, Li's career began at the age of three, when his parents taught him to play the violin at home. At five, Li won his first championship at Beijing Youth and Junior Violin Competition. At eleven, he received the top award at the Fifth Wieniawski International Youth Violin Competition, becoming the youngest winner in the competition's history. Professor Lin Yaoji from the

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, recalls the first time he listened to six-year-old Li Chuanyun: "I didn't take it seriously at first, a six-year-old playing Lalo, I just dismissed it. But once the boy started playing, I saw huge talent. I was amazed." Li studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing for 10 years before beginning studies at the

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in 1996. At Juilliard, Li studied with

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and

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; he later continued his study with Delay and

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at the

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Conservatory of Music.Chinese Performing Arts
Performance on Saturday, September 27, 2008
''chineseperformingarts.net''. Retrieved June 30, 2020. Professor Kurt Sassmannshaus commented, "It's very rare that one person has the ability to transform a musical idea immediately into sound. Most people have to think about the technique. But Li Chuanyun just plays."

Instruments

Li has performed on a 1784

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on extended loan from the

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."Concert review: Violinist Chuanyun Li dazzles"
''Seattle Times''. September 18, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2020. He also performed with the following violins from the Stradivari Society in recording ''Stradivari Campaign''. * "Lobkowitz" Amati of 1617 ($1,000,000) * "Ruby" Stradivarius of 1708 ($5,000,000) * "La Cathedral" Stradivarius of 1707 ($5,000,000) * "Sloane" Guarneri of 1742 ($4,000,000) * "Lenora Jackson" Stradivarius of 1714 ($5,000,000) * "Mantua-Ricci" Balestreri of 1771 ($4,500,000) * Osborn 1766

Discography

* ''Paganini 24 Caprices'' (4-CD set, 1993 Hong Kong recordings and 2007 Beijing recordings), * Violin Operas * ''Romantic Moments'', * ''Love Capriccio'', * ''Prophetic Birds'' * ''Stradivari Campaign'', * ''The Rebirth of Great Violin'' * ''La Ronde des Lutins'' (POLOARTS, 2005), * ''Salut D'Amour, Strauss Violin Sonata, and Favourite Encores'' (Hänssler Classics, 2004)

Films

Li Chuanyun famously performed and starred in director

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's movie ''

'' in 2002. The story relates the love between a father and a son who plays the violin. Li performed and recorded the soundtrack's solo violin music, which the Washington Post described as "ethereal playing…which has given the movie such a magnificent aural backdrop." In 2004, Li appeared in a documentary series of

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of outstanding young Chinese musicians along with

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, Jian Wang, Xuan Zhang, and others.

Awards

* At age 5, he won his first championship at the Beijing Youth and Junior Violin Competition. * In 1991, at age 11, he received the top award at the Fifth Wieniawski International Youth Violin Competition by the unanimous vote of 20 judges from 11 countries; he is the youngest winner in the competition's history."Chuanyun Li's Biography"
''Chun-yun Li''. 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2020. * In 1998, at age 17, he won the first prize of Nakamichi Violin Concerto competition. * At age 19, he won the first prize of Saint Saens Violin Concerto competition. * In 2008, he won the China Gold Record award. * In 2009, he won the Best Artist Award of Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

References

External links

Archived website of Chuanyun LiChuanyun Li biography at Violin MasterclassChuanyun Li (age 11) plays Bach Partita No. 3Chuanyun Li plays Carmen Fantasy in 1991 Wieniawski CompetitionChuanyun Li plays Czardas by Monti

Chuanyun Li plays Zigeunerweisen by SarasateChuanyun Li plays Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61Chuanyun Li plays La Ronde Des Lutins
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