Artsandentertainment: City After City, Lang Lang Keeps Playing The concert pianist has an exhaustive schedule, but he would do more to bring The record company has big plans for using the ebullient lang lang as a http://www.sptimes.com/2003/04/05/Artsandentertainment/City_after_city__Lang.sht
Extractions: published April 5, 2003 Lang Lang is on the jet set circuit. Seattle; Santa Barbara, Calif.; Anchorage, Alaska; Tampa; Washington; New York and that's just the pianist's recital itinerary for the first two weeks of April. Then he flies off to Asia, Europe and points beyond, concertizing all the way, some 150 performances this year. "Almost every day another city. It's crazy," he said in a phone interview. At 20, Lang Lang he always uses both names has come a long way fast. Born in China, he was still a student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia when he started playing with major orchestras a few years ago. Now he is one of the rising stars in classical music. On Wednesday, he gives a recital at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, presented by the Florida Orchestra, with whom he has played concertos the past three season.
Ravinia - Six years ago an unknown teenage pianist named lang lang was launched to stardom when he wowed Ravinias Gala Benefit audience as an 11thhour replacement http://www.ravinia.org/BuyTickets/eventdetail.aspx?xid_show=99793435&month=7&yea
ArkivMusic | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2, Etc / Lang Lang, Et Al lang lang s highoctane brand of pianism has quickly garnered him critical The gifted pianist gives a finely calibrated account of this much-loved work, http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Playlist?source=WGMS&date=200508090007
The National Concert Hall | What's On / Celebrity Season lang lang, piano. Wednesday 2 November 2005, 8pm. Programme He is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic and all Big Five http://www.nch.ie/whatson/ccs_season_details06.asp
Extractions: We are delighted to welcome him back to the Hall, following his stunning début here in 2003. Acclaimed in the major concert halls of North America, Europe and Asia, Lang Lang has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to connect with audiences on a deeply personal level and has established himself as one of the most exciting pianists of our time. Lang Lang's talent and personality make him an ideal ambassador for classical music and a role model for young people. He has performed live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and on Sesame Street. He is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic and all "Big Five" American orchestras. In 2004 he took up his duties as UN Goodwill Ambassador with a visit to Tanzania, further expanded his devoted fan base with a triumphant concert tour of Australia and New Zealand, and topped the classical charts with his Carnegie Hall recital recording. The Irish Times "It's not just his ability to gallop around the keyboard. While he is doing that, and regardless of speed and complexity, he can balance the quietest and the loudest textures to a degree matched by a handful of pianists . . . His feel for timing, phrase and rhythm is impeccable.
Pianist Lang Lang Rachs At The NSO - Quindecim - Features pianist lang lang i Rachs /i at the NSO, , Quindecim, a newspaper of Goucher College. lang lang may be the first pianist in the history of concerto http://www.thequindecim.com/news/2003/10/15/Features/Pianist.Lang.Lang.Rachs.At.
Extractions: It's difficult to imagine a more overly used set of opening pieces, except for maybe a few of the Hungarian Dances by Brahms. Yes, they're lively and employ the full resources of the orchestra, and yes, they're brilliant orchestral works, but it would be nice for once in the beginning minutes of a concert not to feel like the orchestra is trying their hardest to get the audience stimulated.
Lang Lang: News, Reviews & Features - IMGArtists.com This would be a grueling agenda for any pianist, but lang sailed through it as easily and confidently as a teenage math whiz might solve a string of http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=190&c=4
Lang Lang: Full Biography - IMGArtists.com He is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, The subject of a bestselling biography in China, lang lang has received http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=190&c=2
Extractions: The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould burst onto the aural scene in 1955 with his ear-opening recording of the Bach Goldberg Variations. Now jocular, now limpid, by turns pensive and danceable , Gould's performance was a young man's discovery and celebration of life in one of the monuments of human art. As often happens with such monuments, so much serious scholarship and reverential playing had accreted to the Goldberg Variations that, until Gould, people had forgotten that it was a work of profound, though not unalloyed, joy. Thirty years later, shortly before his death, Gould recorded the variations again. If the 1955 version was a spring day in the Bavarian Alps, the 1985 version was a winter night beside the frozen Baltic Sea. Same music, same pianist, same world. But. But. In that "but" lies mystery, much the same mystery that we encounter in quantum physics, observing the electron just before and just after a quantum leap. What happens in that interim? Where does it happen? How? Why? Since Gould showed the listening world that there was a great deal more to Bach than stereotypical teutonic stoicism, other pianists, generally possessed of more bravado and a lot less talent, have had a go at the piece with decidedly mixed results.
Extractions: Mendelssohn MP3 Sample Chinese pianist Lang Lang is one of the new generation of superstar pianists. He has already won many competitions and performed with many of the most prestigious orchestras in the world. This CD was recorded when he was just 20 years old. The coupling of the turbulent and passionate Tchaikovsky concerto with Mendelssohn's more delicate work was Lang Lang's idea - he feels a huge affintiy for both pieces and feels they show 'both sides of what an artist can do'. Artist: Lang Lang (piano) / Chicago SO / Barenboim
China Philharmonic : The La Jolla Music Society featuring critically acclaimed Chinese pianist lang lang. lang lang, Piano Soloist. In the little more than four years since its inaugural concert http://www.la-jolla-music-society.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=96
Press Releases Nineteenyear-old virtuoso pianist, lang lang, performs at Union. Schenectady, NY (Feb. 18, 2002) Nineteen-year-old pianist lang lang has burst upon the http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=2180
Event Details whirling, exuberant, evoking a triumph over gravity. lang lang, the brilliant young Chinese pianist, always plays to soldout houses. http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/event_info.asp?nodeid=250&callid=248&seriesi
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features - Crescendo At only 22 years old, pianist lang lang is the type of musical gem that you encounter only in rare junctures in time. Since his breakthrough in 1999, http://starbulletin.com/2004/10/11/features/crescendo.html
Extractions: young hands Once in a blue moon, history is made when a brilliant artist reveals himself to the world. At only 22 years old, pianist Lang Lang is the type of musical gem that you encounter only in rare junctures in time. Since his breakthrough in 1999, when he substituted for an indisposed Andr Watts in performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, he has become a legend in his own time. Today, Lang Lang has an aura that's typically reserved for the old masters. He will make his eagerly awaited Hawaii debut this weekend in a spectacular performance of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with Maestro Samuel Wong and the Honolulu Symphony. Halekulani MasterWorks series featuring the Honolulu Symphony and Samuel Wong, conductor Place: Blaisdell Concert Hall When: 8 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Sunday Tickets: $21, $33, $43, $51, $64 each Call: 792-2000 or Ticketmaster at 877-750-4400; 20 percent discount available to seniors, students, military Lang Lang's playing radiates flawless technique, sensitive phrasing and heartfelt passion. But it's his unique personality that separates him from the rest of the pack. In spite of his youth, Lang Lang is a throwback to the old days when individuality and character seemed to matter most.
IDS: Famous Pianist Astounds Audience (Arts, 11/05/2004) lang lang, the brilliant Chinese pianist whose public career began at five and reached international fame at 17, made an appearance at IU, both to give a http://www.idsnews.com/story.php?id=26030
Extractions: Added illumination comes from interviews with leading performers and producers, interspersed with updates on events affecting the development of the territory ¡¦ s artistic and cultural life. There ¡¦ s also a regular critical review of what ¡¦ s on at the movies, and ¡V most weeks ¡V a live studio performance.
Democrat & Chronicle: Living 1 pianist. Fifteen years later, lang lang is a No. 1 pianist, with 25year-old Chinese pianist (and Chopin Competition winner) Yundi Li coming in a close http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050730/LIVING/5
Extractions: Wunderkinder und so genannte Jahrhunderttalente kennt die Klassik-szene ja zu Haufe. Es vergeht kaum ein Jahr, dass nicht wenigstens ein Paar solcher vermeintlicher Superstars der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert resp. von der Plattenindustrie aus dem Boden gestampft werden. In den allermeisten Fällen verschwinden diese dann mit zunehmendem Alter wieder in der Versenkung, ohne dass dadurch ein übermäßiger Verlust für die Musikwelt festzustellen wäre. Ganz anders hingegen sieht es da im Falle von Lang Lang aus. Dass ein 21-jähriger Chinese die altehrwürdige Carnegie Hall zu New York restlos füllt, von Publikum und Kritik gleichermaßen gefeiert wird und einen Plattenvertrag beim Renommier-Label Deutsche Grammophon erhält, lässt aufhorchen. Denn sein Erfolg kommt nicht von ungefähr. Immerhin spielt Lang Lang schon seit 19 Jahren Klavier und das tut er fürwahr nicht schlecht. Einen beeindruckenden Vorgeschmack seines Könnens gab der sympathische Pianist vergangenen Sonnabend im Rahmen eines Promotion-Konzerts inmitten der Terrakottaarmee aus der Qin-Dynastie , die noch bis Ende Juni im Berliner Palast der Republik zu sehen ist. Besonders glücklich schätzen kann sich indes, wem es gelungen ist, eine der heißbegehrten Karten für einen der zwei Auftritte Lang Langs in Berlin zu ergattern. Zunächst gastiert er nämlich am 29. Mai mit einem Solo-Recital in der Philharmonie und nur einen Monat später, am 27. Juni, wird er in der Waldbühne mit Tschaikowskis Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 in Begleitung der Berliner Philharmoniker unter Sir Simon Rattle zu erleben sein. Beide Konzerte sind übrigens längst ausverkauft. Was Wunder!
