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Lang Lang

Lang Lang

Born: 14th June 1982, Shenyang, Liaoning

Nationality: Chinese

Artist's website: https://www.langlangofficial.com

Pianist Lang Lang was born in 1982 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. He began lessons with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen at age three and at the age of five he won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition and performed his first public recital.

Heralded as the “hottest artist on the classical music planet” by the New York Times, Lang Lang has played sold-out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world and is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic and all the top American orchestras.

Testimony to his success, Lang Lang recently appeared in the 2009 Time 100 – Time magazine's annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2008, over four billion people viewed Lang Lang’s performance in Beijing’s opening ceremony for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, where he was seen as a symbol of the youth and the future of China. This status has inspired over 40 million Chinese children to learn to play classical piano – a phenomenon coined by The Today Show as "the Lang Lang effect." Recognizing Lang Lang's powerful cultural influence, in 2008 The Recording Academy named him their Cultural Ambassador to China. Most recently, Lang Lang has been chosen as an official worldwide ambassador to the 2010 Shanghai Expo, and played at the opening ceremony.

Find out more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lang_Lang

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Interview, Lang Lang on Bach's Goldberg Variations

9th September 2020

The superstar Chinese pianist talks about his new double recording of Bach's keyboard masterwork, and about his approach to preparing and performing Baroque repertoire.

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