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Lesson 19
Experiment in Folk
Kong
goes
for folk!
Some experiments make you laugh.
Some experiments make you succeed.
Kong Xiangdong’s file :
Birth: born in 1968 in Shanghai,
Awards: youngest winner of the
1986 Moscow International Piano
Competition and the 1987
Santander piano competition in
Spain. Won the 1988 Gina
Bachauer Award, and in 1992
took first prize and four special
awards at the Fifth Sydney
International Piano Competition.
In 1999, Kong and Oscar winning
composer Giorgio Moroder
performed their joint
composition the Tibet Dream
suite in Lhasa
Kong’s new
experiment in
Chinese folk music
was so important
that he even
changed his
appearance. He
arrived at his first
performance of
Chinese folk music
with all his hair
shaved off.
Kong explained
that he combined
Chinese folk music
with the piano
because he want to
try something new.
Read the text and answer
these questions.
1.What kind of music is Kong
Xiangdong most famous for?
He is most famous for
classical music.
2. What did Kong achieve in 1986?
He became the youngest prize
winner in Moscow’s
Thaikovsky International
Competition.
3. Why did Kong shave off his hair?
He shaved off his hair to show that
his music style was new, just like his
new hairstyle.
Part 3.
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences
according to the text.
1. Music has always been an imortant part of Kong’s
life_____.
2. Kong wanted to play Chinese folk music_____.
3. Kong became an award-winning musician in
1986______.
a) Because he perserved through hardship.
b) Because his mother was a great music lover.
c) Because he wanted to try something new.
Key: b c a
Voice your opinion
1.Do you think it is important
for a person to continue to
try new things? Why?
2.What qualities do we need
to do experiments , no
matter in life or in study?
Kong Xiangdong,
who is a famous
pianist in China as
well as in the
world, helps
transform Chinese
music.