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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. In 1992 he won the Sydney International Piano Competition. He is a 75th descendant of Confucius.

Record of prizes

Year	Competition	Prize	Ex-aequo with...	1st prize winner	References
1986	International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow	7th Prize		Barry Douglas	Tchaikovsky IMC
1987	Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Santander	4th Prize	Pavel Nersessian	David Allen Wehr	El País, 1988
1988	Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition	1st Prize			The New York Times, 1988
1992	Sydney International Piano Competition	1st prize			Macau Gov.'s Cultural Institute

References

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

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