Lang Lang

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Lang Lang (郎朗, pinyin: Láng Lǎng) (born June 14, 1982) is a pianist who hails from Shenyang, China. Image File history File linksMetadata Lang_lang. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Lang_lang. ... Lang Lang is a small town on the eastern coast of Western Port just off the South Gippsland Highway, in the Shire of Cardinia, 85km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Location within China Major districts of Shenyang. ...

Childhood

He began piano lessons at the age of three with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen. At the age of five he won the Shenyang Piano Competition and played his first public recital. He entered Beijing's Central Music Conservatory when he was nine, studying with Professor Zhao Ping-Guo. At the age of 11, he won the first prize and award for outstanding artistic performance at the Fourth International Young Pianists Competition in Germany. In 1995 at 13 years of age, he played the complete Chopin 24 Etudes at Beijing Concert Hall and won first prize at the Tchaikovsky International Young Musicians' Competition in Japan, where he performed the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert broadcast by NHK Television. At 14 he was a featured soloist at the China National Symphony's inaugural concert, broadcast by CCTV and attended by President Jiang Zemin. The following year he began studies with Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. (help· info) (IPA peiË© tɕɪŋ˦), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frédéric François Chopin as portrayed by Eugène Delacroix in 1838. ... An etude (from the French word étude meaning study) is a short musical composition designed to provide practice in a particular technical skill in the performance of a solo instrument. ... Frédéric Chopins Piano Concerto No. ... The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia. ... CCTV can stand for: China Central Television Closed-circuit television This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jiāng Zémín (born August 17, 1926) was the core of the third generation of Communist Party of China leaders, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the Peoples Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and... Gary Graffman (born 14 October 1928) is an American pianist specializing in classical and symphonic works. ... The Curtis Institute of Music is a music school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...

Performing and Recording Career

Lang Lang's breakthrough came in 1999, when he was 17, with his dramatic last-minute substitution (introduced by Isaac Stern) for an indisposed André Watts at the Ravinia Festival's "Gala of the Century", in which he played Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Christoph Eschenbach). The Chicago Tribune called him the biggest, most exciting keyboard talent encountered in many years. In 2001 he made his sold-out Carnegie Hall debut with Yuri Temirkanov, travelled to Beijing with the Philadelphia Orchestra on a tour celebrating its 100th anniversary, during which he performed to an audience of 8,000 at the Great Hall of the People, and made an acclaimed BBC Proms debut, prompting The Times of London's critic to write: "Lang Lang took a sold-out Royal Albert Hall by storm... This could well be history in the making." In 2003, he returned to the BBC Proms for the First Night concert with Leonard Slatkin. After his recent recital debut in the Berlin Philharmonic, the Berliner Zeitung wrote: "Lang Lang is a superb musical performer whose artistic touch is always in service of the music." Yet, the tide appears to be turning, and more recent reviews suggest that Lang's performance has become rather mannered and unsubtle; bombastic but not sufficiently musical. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) is widely considered one of the finest violin virtuosi of the twentieth century. ... André Watts (born June 20, 1946) is a classical pianist and Professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington. ... The Ravinia Festival is the summer music program offered at Ravinia Park in Highland Park, Illinois. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893 (O.S.)) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys Piano Concerto No. ... The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, based in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the leading orchestras in the world. ... Christoph Eschenbach (born February 20, 1940 in Breslau, Germany (today Wroclaw, Poland)) is a noted pianist and conductor. ... The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains one of the principal daily newspapers of the midwestern United States. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in New York City located at 57th Street and 7th Avenue. ... Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (born December 10, 1938) is a Russian conductor. ... The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the Big Five symphony orchestras in the United States and usually considered among the finest in the world. ... Great Hall of the People by day. ... A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leonard Slatkin (born September 1, 1944) is an American conductor. ... The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the worlds leading orchestras. ... The Berliner Zeitung, founded in 1945, is an East German center-left daily newspaper based in Berlin. ...

Lang Lang has performed with many of the major orchestras of the world, including the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Mariss Jansons, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Simon Rattle, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Yuri Temirkanov, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Franz Welser-Möst. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the worlds most renowned orchestras. ... The New York Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in New York City. ... The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the major symphony orchestras in the United States. ... The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) was founded in 1914. ... The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the Big Five symphony orchestras in the United States and usually considered among the finest in the world. ... The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, USA. From 1964-2003, the orchestra played its concerts in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. ... The San Francisco Symphony is a major orchestra based in San Francisco, California. ... The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the worlds leading orchestras. ... The London Philharmonic Orchestra (frequently abbreviated to LPO), based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. ... The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra created in 1967, based in Paris, whose current Music Director is Christoph Eschenbach. ... The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (Chinese 香港管弦樂團 pinyin XiānggÇŽng GuÇŽnxián Yuètuán), commonly abbreviated HKPO 港樂, is the main symphonic orchestra in Hong Kong. ... Sydney Symphony Orchestra, now known as the Sydney Symphony, is a symphony orchestra based in Sydney, Australia. ... The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) is the leading symphony orchestra in Israel, and one of the top orchestras in the world. ... The St. ... Daniel Barenboim Daniel Barenboim (born November 15, 1942) is an Argentinean-Israeli pianist and conductor. ... Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1939) is a conductor. ... Christoph Eschenbach (born February 20, 1940 in Breslau, Germany (today Wroclaw, Poland)) is a noted pianist and conductor. ... Valery Gergiev Valery Gergiev (born 1953) is a Russian conductor and director of the Mariinsky Theatre, whose name is also associated with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera and the London Symphony Orchestra. ... Mariss Jansons (born 1943) is a prominent Latvian conductor. ... James Levine (born June 23, 1943) is an American orchestral conductor and pianist. ... Lorin Varencove Maazel (born March 6, 1930) is a conductor, violinist and composer. ... Zubin Mehta, photo by Wilfried Hösl Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is an Indian-born conductor of European classical music. ... Simon Rattle recording Porgy and Bess with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road in 1988 Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born January 19, 1955) is an English conductor. ... Wolfgang Sawallisch (born August 26, 1923) is a German conductor and pianist. ... Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (born December 10, 1938) is a Russian conductor. ... Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944), nicknamed MTT, is a Jewish-American conductor, pianist and composer. ... Franz Welser-Möst (born 1960) is the current Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra. ...

Lang Lang records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon. Logo Deutsche Grammophon is a German record label. ...

Awards

The subject of a best-selling biography in China, Lang Lang has received numerous awards and has been seen by millions of television viewers throughout the world. He has appeared with Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in a performance that was broadcast by Russian National Television. His 2004 performance with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Waldbühne was attended by 23,000 people and was broadcast internationally on TV. In the summer of 2002, he became the first recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, in recognition of his distinguished musical talent. The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная Консерватория им. П.И.Чайковского) is a prominent music school in Russia, whose graduates included Sergey Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin, Aram Khachaturian, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Alfred Schnittke. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Simon Rattle recording Porgy and Bess with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road in 1988 Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born January 19, 1955) is an English conductor. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. ...

Besides his music career, he is passionately dedicated to sharing music with young people and was recently recognized for his efforts by the United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF) who appointed him their newest and youngest international Goodwill Ambassador. In this role, Lang Lang will garner support and raise funds for the survival and well-being of under-privileged children all over the world. UNICEF logo The United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. ...

External link

• Official website
• Official Fans Club Website