Yundi Li's Nike Commercial

Did anyone besides me happen to be watching the Olympics last summer and just happen to see a Nike commercial featuring a very cute young Asian guy jumping out of bed, obviously late for something, throwing on Nike shoes and sweats, and cycling madly to a concert hall (with Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong intercut with him)--whereupon he was magically transformed into evening dress and playing the piano to a roomful of adoring fans?? Did you realize that the star of this mini-film was Yundi Li, the charismatic young music star who toured Japan with the Cincinnati Symphony two years ago? Well, it took me a few seconds, but I did. And after just paying a visit to a Yundi Li discussion board, I found out that the music he was playing then was Grieg's Piano Concerto A minor, Op. 16.

By the way, Yundi Li will be playing Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 as Paavo's guest in October for a tour of German cities with Staatskapelle Dresden: October 16-18 (Dresden); 20 (Hamburg); 21 (Koln); 23 (Munich); 24 (Nurnberg); 26 (Frankfurt); 27 (Stuttgart); 28 (Essen).