Lang Lang, China’s piano comet. When he was 5 years old, he won the first place in the Shenyang Piano Competition, and later won the first place in the 5th Xinghai Cup Piano Competition, the first place in the 4th German International Young Pianist Competition and the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award; at the age of 13, he won the second place in the First place in the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians. In 2002, he won the Bernstein Artistic Achievement Award. This award is specially established for professional artists. Lang Lang is the first artist in the world to win this honor... At the Ravinia Music Festival in August 1999, Lang Lang urgently Taking the place of Andre Watts who was unwell, he took the stage and achieved a dramatic success, quickly setting off a "Lang Lang whirlwind" in the international music scene. Since 1999, this charming 20-year-old pianist has collaborated with the "Big Five" American symphony orchestras and most of the world's first-class symphony orchestras, such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Temirkanov and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eschenbach. Orchestra and Japan's NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit, and has had recital debuts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Wigmer Hall in London and the Louvre in Paris. In 2002, Lang Lang became the first artist to win the Bernstein Award for Artistic Achievement. This award was established for professional artists, and Lang Lang was the first professional musician in the world to win this honor. His performance won praise from British and American newspapers: "BBC Music Magazine" said that he is a true poet, a genius found only one in a million; Classical FM praised Lang Lang as another Horowitz. In 2003 and 2004, Lang Lang's performance schedule was full, with a concert almost every two days. Lang Lang's recordings are exclusively recorded by Telak Records. The first disc is a live recital recorded at Tanglewood Seiji Ozawa Concert Hall. The second album, released in the spring of 2002, was a live recording of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and topped the American classical music sales charts.
Lang Lang was born in Shenyang, China. He started learning piano at the age of 3 from Professor Zhu Yafen of Shenyang Conservatory of Music. At the age of 9, he entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and studied under Professor Zhao Pingguo. In 1997, with excellent results in all aspects, he was admitted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied under Dean Gary Graffman. Although Lang Lang now often performs in concert halls in major cities around the world, Chinese audiences rarely have the opportunity to enjoy his live performances. Only in June 2001, he returned to his motherland with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Maestro Savalish, and successfully performed Mendelssohn's "No. 1" at the "Centennial Celebration" concert at the Great Hall of the People. A Piano Concerto". Master Sa called Lang Lang "one of the greatest artists in the world" in an interview.
Mr. Fu Cong, my country's older generation of piano masters, also expressed his special favor for Lang Lang. In an interview with Beijing's "Morning News", he said: "I am moved by Lang Lang's music, which is in his blood." There is a unique temperament that only Chinese artists have... Lang Lang gave me a great surprise, beyond my imagination. This kid has never participated in any competitions and does not need any competitions anymore. ”
Lang Lang once said in an interview with a magazine that Eschenbach once asked him, "If you were asked to play a concerto now, what would you play?" Lang Lang said, "It's better to play 'Chai Yi'." It can be seen that this is one of his most proud piano concertos. This work itself has fascinated countless classical music fans, even non-classical music fans cannot but be moved by it. Tchaikovsky, the greatest Russian musician. , a master of romantic and national music, whose works have rich and delicate emotions, beautiful melodies, melancholy and poetic temperament and plain and simple thoughts. Although Tchaikovsky is the "most untypical" Russian composer. , because his music incorporates too many elements of European mainstream music, but his works often reflect the characteristics of Russia most easily. "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major" has almost become a symbol of the grand passion of Russia. There must be a gentle and delicate side behind it.
In 2005, the international political arena was competing to invite a pianist, he was the 23-year-old Lang Lang; on October 9, US President Bush invited Lang Lang to hold a special concert at the White House. This was the first time that A Chinese musician held a concert at the White House; on October 16, Lang Lang was invited to hold a concert at the European Union Headquarters; on November 11, Lang Lang played at the German Presidential Palace for the visiting General Secretary Hu Jintao and the German President Special concert; Lang Lang was born in Shenyang, China. At the age of 13, he won the first prize in the 2nd Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians. In 1997, he entered the famous Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, USA, and studied under the tutelage of the academy’s faculty. Grafman, the famous piano master.