EMI Classics has signed the "superlative young Chinese pianist” Yundi, formerly known as Yundi Li, winner of the 14th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Appropriately, Yundi's first EMI release will be the complete Chopin Nocturnes, released to commemorate the composer's 200th birthday in 2010.
Yundi and EMI Classics together plan to record the complete works for solo piano by Chopin.