Biography
Arguably probably the most famous Chinese pianist ever, Lang Lang has turned into a superstar for the Classical music stage, using the popularity and charisma of several leading rock musicians. A lot of his shows and interviews can be found online, and many have attracted over one million strikes. His recordings are strikes, as well, and his concerts are frequently sold-out well before schedule. Lang’s way during performance could be eccentric but exciting: he’s very animated, frequently smiles, and frequently looks from the key pad even during incredibly challenging passages. While Lang has many traditional and modern Chinese functions, he performs mainly Western repertory, using the brands Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev frequently showing up on his applications. Lang provides toured broadly throughout Asia, European countries, the U.K., U.S., and somewhere else throughout the world. He provides made many recordings, many of them obtainable from DG, Decca, Telarc, and Sony. Lang Lang was created in Shenyang, China, on June 14, 1982. His dad is really a well-known musician in China who takes on the ehru. At three, apparently inspired by way of a scrap of 1 of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies inside a Tom and Jerry toon, Lang started piano lessons with five won an area competition. In 1991 nine-year-old Lang relocated with his dad to Beijing for research in the Central Music Conservatory. Despite preliminary problems there, he advanced beneath the assistance of Zhao Ping-Guo. Lang received the 1993 Beijing-based Xing Hai Glass Piano Competition and the next year captured 1st prize in the International Competition for Small Pianists, in Ettlingen, Germany. Lang made an appearance on Japanese tv in 1995 inside a performance from the Chopin Second Concerto, using the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. At 15 (1997) he started studies in the Curtis Institute with Gary Graffman. In 1999 he debuted in the Ravinia Event in Chicago with an acclaimed overall performance from the Tchaikovsky Initial Piano Concerto. 2001 was another discovery 12 months: Lang debuted at Carnegie Hall in an application of Haydn, Schubert, Tan Dun, Schumann, Chopin, and Liszt, and continued tour to Beijing using the Philadelphia Orchestra. He also debuted afterwards that year on the Proms, in Royal Albert Hall, London. Lang’s 2003 Compact disc from the Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn initial piano concertos with Barenboim as well as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, on DG, drew very much important acclaim. Further effective recordings and concerts implemented, including his 2007 appearance on the Nobel Award ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden. Lang’s efficiency at the starting ceremonies from the 2008 Summertime Olympics in Beijing was apparently viewed by greater than a billion people. Lang made an appearance with the brand new York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall for the 2010 New Year’s Eve China Celebration. He is the writer of the autobiography, Trip of one thousand Miles; it has additionally been released as Using Soaring Keys, a edition for kids. Controversy erupted in Lang’s profession when on January 19, 2011, he made an appearance at the White colored Home and performed an set up of My Motherland, a Chinese language melody once connected with anti-American emotions. Lang graciously taken care of immediately unfavorable commentary that he meant no criticism whatever from the U.S. Among Lang’s even more acclaimed recordings is usually his 2010 Sony Compact disc/Dvd and blu-ray, Lang Lang Reside in Vienna, which features functions by Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev, and Albeniz. Within the 2010s Lang provides directed squarely at mainstream viewers and it has been compensated with consistently solid album product sales. He provides released study albums specialized in Liszt (My Piano Hero), Chopin, and Mozart, in addition to thematic applications: Piano Daydreams and NY Rhapsody (both 2016). In the last mentioned album he offered as accompanist to such diverse well-known singers as substitute nation songwriter Jason Isbell and traditional jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux. The entire year 2017 noticed Lang record a set of piano concertos by film composer Howard Shoreline of Lord from the Rings fame.
Quick Facts
Full Name Lang Lang
Height 1.79 m
Parents Lang Guoren, Zhou Xiulan
Awards Classic Brit Award for International Artist of the Year, Bambi - Classic, Ondas Award for Music: Jury Special Mention
Music Songs Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake, Oogway's Legacy, Dance of Spring, Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River, Vielen Dank für die Blumen, Yuxian: Spring Wind, Little Mermaid Suite: Straw Hat Dance, Luting: The Cowherd's Flute, Etude Op.10 No.3, Yellow River Piano Concerto: Defend the Yellow River, 1. Prelude: The Song Of The Yellow River Boatmen, Träumerei, Concerto for Piano & Orchestra "The Yellow River": 2. Ode to the Yellow River, Happy Times, At Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge, The Seasons, op. 37a: X. October: Autumn Song, The Painted Veil, Dance From Quici, Empire State Of Mind, Story of Our Town, New York Morning, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-Flat Major, S. 244 / 6, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, KV 331: III. Rondo alla Turca - Allegretto, Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini, op. 43: Variation 18, Etudes, op. 25: No. 12 in C minor, Scherzo No.3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39, Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172, Poldark Prelude, Rhapsody in Blue, The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen, La campanella in G-Sharp Minor from Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 / 3, Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
Albums New York Rhapsody, Liszt: My Piano Hero, The Chopin Album, Dragon Songs, Howard Shore: Two Concerti, Lang Lang in Paris, Lang Lang Live in Vienna, Prokofiev 3 / Bartók 2, Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 4, The Vienna Album, Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov: Piano Trios, The Magic of Lang Lang, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Scriabin: Etudes, Chopin: Etudes - Lang Lang, Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Lang Lang: Live At Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Dragon Songs (Simplified Metadata), Chopin, Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: First Piano Concertos, The Mozart Album, Chopin: The Piano Concertos, Live at Carnegie Hall, Memory, Gran Turismo 5 (Original Game Soundtrack), Carte Blanche (Live), Lang Lang - Complete Recordings 2000-2009, The Best & Rarities (Asia), Lang Lang - The Romance Of Rachmaninov
Nominations Classic Brit Award for Album of the Year, Classic Brit Award for Male Artist of the Year, Echo Award for Best Music DVD
Movies In Search of Mozart, The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
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Has collaborated with many famous conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta and Simon Rattle. |
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At the age 2, a scene of "Tom and Jerry" (1965) inspired him to play piano. |
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Chinese pianist, who has received numerous awards and has been seen by millions of television viewers around the globe. |
Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny |
2016 |
soloist: piano |
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Kung Fu Panda 3 |
2016 |
featured soloist: piano |
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Scarecrow |
2011/II |
Short music performed by |
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My Week with Marilyn |
2011 |
musician: featured piano soloist |
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Lexdysia |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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Night Island |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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Chopin's Drawings |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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Magic Piano |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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Chopin to Infinity |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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Pl.ink! |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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The Flying Machine |
2011 |
musical director |
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Fat Hamster |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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Paper Piano |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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Skrzaty Fortepianu |
2011 |
Short music performed by |
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TV total |
2010 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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Lang Lang: Live in Vienna |
2010 |
Video musician: piano |
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Nodame Kantâbire: Saishuu-gakushou - Kouhen |
2010 |
piano performed by |
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Nodame Kantâbire: Saishuu-gakushou - Zenpen |
2009 |
musician: Dubbed piano performance for Nodame |
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Lauras Stern und der geheimnisvolle Drache Nian |
2009 |
soloist: piano |
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Beijing 2008 Olympics Games Opening Ceremony |
2008 |
TV Movie musician |
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The Painted Veil |
2006 |
musician: piano soloist |
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Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny |
2016 |
"The Eternal Vow", "If Only One Second Remains" |
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Udo Jürgens - Mitten im Leben |
2014 |
TV Movie performer: "Rondo alla Turca", "Vielen Dank für die Blumen" |
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The 56th Annual Grammy Awards |
2014 |
TV Special performer: "One" |
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Sergei Polunin & Kristina Shapran |
2013 |
Short performer: "Gnossienne No.1" |
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
2012 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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The Diamond Jubilee Concert |
2012 |
TV Special performer: "Hungarian Rhapsody #5", "Rhapsody In Blue" |
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The Flying Machine |
2011 |
performer: "Op. 25 No. 5 Wrong Note etude", "Op. 10 No. 3 Tristesse etude", "Op. 10 No. 1 Waterfall etude", "Op. 10 No. 7 Toccato etude", "Op. 25 No. 6 Thirds etude", "Op. 25 No. 1 Aeolian Harp etude", "Op. 10 No. 9 Echo etudes", "Op. 25 No. 11 Winter Wind etudes", "Op. 25 No. 12 Ocean etudes", "Op. 10 No. 10 etude", "Op. 10 No. 12 Revolutionary etudes", "Op. 25 No. 2 The Bees etude", "Op. 10 No. 5 Black Keys etudes", "Op. 10 No. 8 Sunshine etude", "Op. 25 No. 10 Octave etude" - uncredited |
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Live from Lincoln Center |
2010 |
TV Series 1 episode |
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Nodame Kantâbire: Saishuu-gakushou - Kouhen |
2010 |
"Piano Concerto in G minor", "Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58" |
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Mendelssohn Gala aus dem Gewandhaus zu Leipzig |
2009 |
TV Movie performer: "Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 25" |
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Forbrydelsen |
2007 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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Actor
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Dudamel & Lang Lang |
2016 |
Video |
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Mozart in the Jungle |
2015 |
TV Series |
Lang Lang |
Live from Lincoln Center |
2005 |
TV Series |
Pianist |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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C à vous |
2012-2016 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Skavlan |
2016 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musical Guest |
Tria33 |
2016 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Vivement dimanche |
2010-2015 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Maestro |
2015 |
Documentary |
Himself |
International Jazz Day |
2015 |
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Himself |
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards |
2015 |
TV Special |
Himself - Performer |
Le grand journal de Canal+ |
2015 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
Udo Jürgens - Mitten im Leben |
2014 |
TV Movie |
Himself |
Proms Extra |
2014 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The One Show: Music Festival |
2014 |
TV Series |
Himself - Pianist |
Sommernachtskonzert Schönbrunn |
2014 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Pauw & Witteman |
2007-2014 |
TV Series |
Himself - Pianist / Himself |
FansTang Live from the Red Carpet |
2014 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards |
2014 |
TV Special |
Himself - Performer |
CNBC Meets |
2013 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
¡Atención obras! |
2013 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Michael Parkinson: Masterclass |
2013 |
TV Series |
Himself - Guest |
New York Philharmonic: Chinese New Year |
2013 |
TV Movie |
Himself |
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell |
2013 |
TV Series |
Himself - Das Klavier-Duell |
Imagine |
2005-2012 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
Charlie Rose |
2003-2012 |
TV Series |
Himself - Guest |
Tavis Smiley |
2005-2012 |
TV Series |
Himself / Himself - Guest |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
2003-2012 |
TV Series |
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest / Themselves - Musical Guest |
Kai Jiang La |
2012 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Kulturzeit |
2012 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Chopin Saved My Life |
2012 |
TV Movie documentary |
Pianist |
The Diamond Jubilee Concert |
2012 |
TV Special |
Himself - Performer |
The Hour |
2011 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Lang Lang Live on Franz Liszt's 200th Birthday |
2011 |
TV Movie |
Himself - Pianist |
BBC Proms |
2011 |
TV Series |
Himself - Soloist |
Breakfast |
2010-2011 |
TV Series |
Himself - Pianist |
Seitenblicke |
2011 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
The Flying Machine |
2011 |
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Himself |
TV total |
2009-2010 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Music Room |
2010 |
TV Series |
Himself - Pianist |
Ce soir (ou jamais!) |
2010 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Lang Lang: Live in Vienna |
2010 |
Video |
Himself |
A Capitol Fourth |
2010 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself - Performer |
El club de Pizzicato |
2010 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Ànima |
2010 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Beijing |
2009 |
Documentary |
Himself |
BBC Proms |
2009 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Pianomania |
2009 |
Documentary |
Pianist |
Les victoires de la musique classique |
2009 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Mendelssohn Gala aus dem Gewandhaus zu Leipzig |
2009 |
TV Movie |
Himself |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
2008 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
Beijing 2008 Olympics Games Opening Ceremony |
2008 |
TV Movie |
Himself - Piano Player |
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards |
2008 |
TV Special |
Himself |
The South Bank Show |
2008 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
The Royal Variety Performance 2007 |
2007 |
TV Movie |
Himself |
Great Performances |
2004-2007 |
TV Series |
Himself / Himself - Pianist / Performer |
Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 |
2007 |
Documentary |
Himself |
Schuberts Forellenquintett mit Lang Lang |
2007 |
TV Movie |
Himself |
Beckmann |
2006 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Menschen |
2006 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
Wetten, dass..? |
2006 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Salzburg Festival |
2006 |
Video documentary |
Himself |
Wolfgang wer? |
2006 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
In Search of Mozart |
2006 |
Documentary |
Himself |
Sesame Street |
2005 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Tony Danza Show |
2005 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |
2005 |
TV Series |
Himself - Musical Guest |
60 Minutes |
2005 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself - Pianist (segment "Lang Lang") |
The Wayne Brady Show |
2004 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Live from Lincoln Center |
2003-2016 |
TV Series |
Himself / Himself (pianist) |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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2014 |
Bambi |
Bambi Awards |
Classical Music |
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· Jonas Kaufmann |
2013 |
Golden Camera |
Golden Camera, Germany |
Best Music International |
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