Li Chuan Yun (李傳韻; born 1980), also known as Chanyun Li or Babeli, is a Chinese violinist.
Early life
Born to a musical family in the coastal city of Qingdao in Northern China, Li's parents began to teach him the violin from home at age three.
Li won his first championship at the Beijing Youth and Junior Violin Competition when he was five years old. At the age of eleven, he became the youngest winner in the Fifth Wieniawski International Youth Violin Competition, receiving the first place.
In the past, Li has performed on a 1784 Guadagnini on extended loan from the Stradivari Society.[2] He has also performed with the following violins from the Stradivari Society in recording Stradivari Campaign.
La Ronde des Lutins (POLOARTS, 2005), ISBN 9787799915920
Salut D'Amour, Strauss Violin Sonata, and Favourite Encores (Hänssler Classics, 2004) ISBN 9787880713459
Films
Li Chuan Yun performed in the movie Together in 2002. Li performed and recorded the soundtrack's solo violin music.[3]
In 2004, Li appeared in a documentary series about outstanding young Chinese musicians from Radio Television Hong Kong.[4]
Awards
At age 5, he won his first championship at the Beijing Youth and Junior Violin Competition.
In 1991, at age 11, he was awarded first place 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.[4]
In 1998, at age 17, he won the first prize in the Nakamichi Violin Concerto competition.
At age 19, he won first prize in the Saint Saens Violin Concerto competition.