Lang Lang still on top
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Lang Lang has played in some of the world's most celebrated venues, like London's Royal Albert Hall. His two recitals at the venue were recorded in a DVD recently released by Sony Music. [Photo Provided to China Daily] |
Running through August this year, the festival will see the pianist perform amid mountains, rivers and a waterfall on Aug 28.
Before that, Lang Lang will fly to Paris and record a new album at Versailles, which will be released in October this year. The album will feature works including the full performance of Tchaikovsky's Seasons, from January through December, and Chopin's four scherzos.
"No pianist ever performed in the Palace of Versailles. I like doing something which has never been done before," he says.
For the pianist, who has an ever-ready smile and cheerful energy in public, the pressure is always high.
Lang Lang began playing the piano at age 3 and moved from his hometown, Shenyang, Liaoning province, to Beijing to pursue his music study accompanied by his father, Lang Guoren, who is known as a typical "tiger parent".
In 1997, he went on to study in the US, where he met his mentor Gary Graffman at Curtis Institute of Music. He had his breakthrough at age 17 when he was called to replace Andre Watts and performed Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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