Lang Lang

In New York: Contemporary Heroes from China’s Music Scene

For Danwei, Nick Frisch reviews two recent Chinese music events in New York in recent weeks: A show by indie bands PK14 and Carsick Cars, and a festival celebrating intersections between Chinese and Western musical traditions at...

Lang Lang’s Kung Fu Fighting

Wunderkind pianist Lang Lang is known for being a dramatic performer. He puts on quite a show in this video:

Increasingly in the West, the Players Are From the East – Daniel J. Wakin

The New York Times has published the second article in a series, “looking at China’s embrace of Western classical music”: With stunning swiftness China’s surging ranks of classical musicians have found a home in Western concert halls, conservatories and opera houses, jolting a musical tradition born in the courts and churches of Europe. Large solo […]

Only Princess Fit For Lang, Says Father – China Daily

From China Daily (maybe Lang Lang should work hard on English in order to find a royal girl to marry:): Only an emperor’s daughter is fit to marry Lang Lang, the pianist’s father told the Western China Metropolis Daily Wednesday. “Lang Lang never plays in small-scale concerts. He only plays in very important concerts,” Lang’s […]

Pianist Lang Lang looking nowhere but up – Mark Kanny

From Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Rockets aspire to pianist Lang Lang‘s rate of ascent. In just seven years, he has attained the popularity it took legendary pianists of the past — such as Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein — many decades to achieve. Although Lang’s picture adorns the covers of the season brochures of top American […]

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