Xiang-Dong Kong

{{Short description|Chinese pianist}}

{{family name hatnote|Kong|Xiang ({{lang|zh|祥}})|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Xiang-Dong Kong

| native_name = {{Nobold|孔祥東}}

| birth_date = 1968

| birth_place = Shanghai, China

| occupation = Pianist

}}

Xiang-Dong Kong ({{zh| 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bachauer.com/laureates.html |title=Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation |access-date=June 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026164052/http://www.bachauer.com/laureates.html |archive-date=October 26, 2009 }} In 1992 he won the Sydney International Piano Competition. He is a 75th descendant of Confucius.{{Cite web|url=http://caet.inspirees.com/music-beyond-medicine-perspectives-of-chinese-pianist/|title = Music beyond Medicine – Perspectives of Chinese Pianistby Tony Zhou|date = 18 June 2019}}