Lang Lang

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.

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#	Fact
1	Has collaborated with many famous conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta and Simon Rattle.
2	At the age 2, a scene of "Tom and Jerry" (1965) inspired him to play piano.
3	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
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny	2016	soloist: piano
Kung Fu Panda 3	2016	featured soloist: piano
Scarecrow	2011/II	Short music performed by
My Week with Marilyn	2011	musician: featured piano soloist
Lexdysia	2011	Short music performed by
Night Island	2011	Short music performed by
Chopin's Drawings	2011	Short music performed by
Magic Piano	2011	Short music performed by
Chopin to Infinity	2011	Short music performed by
Pl.ink!	2011	Short music performed by
The Flying Machine	2011	musical director
Fat Hamster	2011	Short music performed by
Paper Piano	2011	Short music performed by
Skrzaty Fortepianu	2011	Short music performed by
TV total	2010	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Lang Lang: Live in Vienna	2010	Video musician: piano
Nodame Kantâbire: Saishuu-gakushou - Kouhen	2010	piano performed by
Nodame Kantâbire: Saishuu-gakushou - Zenpen	2009	musician: Dubbed piano performance for Nodame
Lauras Stern und der geheimnisvolle Drache Nian	2009	soloist: piano
Beijing 2008 Olympics Games Opening Ceremony	2008	TV Movie musician
The Painted Veil	2006	musician: piano soloist

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny	2016	"The Eternal Vow", "If Only One Second Remains"
Udo Jürgens - Mitten im Leben	2014	TV Movie performer: "Rondo alla Turca", "Vielen Dank für die Blumen"
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards	2014	TV Special performer: "One"
Sergei Polunin & Kristina Shapran	2013	Short performer: "Gnossienne No.1"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2012	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Diamond Jubilee Concert	2012	TV Special performer: "Hungarian Rhapsody #5", "Rhapsody In Blue"
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
Live from Lincoln Center	2010	TV Series 1 episode
Nodame Kantâbire: Saishuu-gakushou - Kouhen	2010	"Piano Concerto in G minor", "Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58"
Mendelssohn Gala aus dem Gewandhaus zu Leipzig	2009	TV Movie performer: "Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 25"
Forbrydelsen	2007	TV Series performer - 1 episode

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dudamel & Lang Lang	2016	Video
Mozart in the Jungle	2015	TV Series	Lang Lang
Live from Lincoln Center	2005	TV Series	Pianist

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
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		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		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

Title	Year	Status	Character
BBC Proms	2009	TV Series	Himself
Wetten, dass..?	2006	TV Series	Himself

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2014	Bambi	Bambi Awards	Classical Music		· Jonas Kaufmann
2013	Golden Camera	Golden Camera, Germany	Best Music International



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