Martin Leung, the Video Game Pianist, in San Diego, CA, 2009
Background information
Birth name
Martin Leung
Also known as
Video Game Pianist
Born
Hong Kong
Origin
Orange County, California, United States
Genres
Video game music, classical music
Occupation(s)
Pianist
Instrument(s)
Piano
Years active
2004–present
Website
videogamepianist.com
Musical artist
Martin Leung (/luːŋ/) is an American pianist. He plays classical music and is known as Video Game Pianist. He gained recognition for playing video game music on the piano, both in concert venues and in online videos.[1][2][3]
In July 2004,[4][5][6] a video of him playing the Super Mario Bros. theme blindfolded became viral.[7][8][9][10][11][12] Leung makes YouTube videos, and as of August 2020, has over 102,000 subscribers and 25.67 million total views.[13]
^Piao-Partage: Ending – The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening performed by Dr. Martin Leung [Video Game Pianist]
^US Thornton School of Music: Alumnus Martin Leung performs with the Academic Leipzig Orchestra
^E-piano Junior Competition: Martin Leung Biography
^UAF News and information: roteges and polymaths to perform in Alaska piano competition
^Youtube: SuperMario Medley
^"eBaum's World Main Page on 2 July 2004". Archived from the original on 2004-07-03. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^Schiesel, Seth (26 October 2009). "Video Games (No Controller Needed)". New York Times. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
^UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS: Martin Leung
^EastBayExpress: Eight-Bit Symphonies
^Ojeda-Zapata, Julio (11 April 2010). "Review: 'Video Games Live' is rollicking rock-opera homage to the popular medium". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
^Kaspers, Heiko (20 August 2007). "Live Performance auf der 4Players-Bühne / 4Players präsentiert exklusiv Video Game-Pianisten auf der Games Convention". bankkaufmann.com.
^Harvilla, Rob. "Eight-Bit Symphonies". Google Docs. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
^"YouTube Stats Summary/User Statistics for mmleung". Social Blade. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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