Xiang-Dong Kong

Chinese pianist

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	International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow	7th Prize		Barry Douglas	[1] Tchaikovsky IMC
1987	Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Santander	4th Prize	Pavel Nersessian	David Allen Wehr	[2] El País, 1988
1988	Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition	1st Prize			[3] The New York Times, 1988
1992	Sydney International Piano Competition	1st prize			[4] Macau Gov.'s Cultural Institute

References

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