Taking the baton

Pianist Li Yundi is both performing and conducting for the first time, which he says is helping him to play the music of his favorite composer authentically. Chen Nan reports.

You may know Li Yundi as one of the leading Chinese pianists, but he is about to take on another role.

The pianist will pick up the baton for the first time leading the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra for a five-city tour in China, which starts in Chongqing on Aug 29, followed by Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai through September.