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Pianist Lang Lang

 

The sponsor disclosed that for the concert, a set of China's top acoustics equipment, which is suited for a large-scale performance, would be delivered fromShanghai to solve the problem of acoustics in the People's Great Hall. At the same time, sound mixers had communicated with their American counterparts to overcome the lasting problem of difficult tuning in the hall.

Lang will also play a piano piece at thespring festivalgala held by Central China Television later this month.

As an extra surprise, on June 8, Lang will play a piano solo at the opening ceremony of the World Cup Football Finals, which will be broadcast live to a global audience of three billion.

We look forward to more pleasant surprise presented by Lang Lang.


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Name: Lang Lang
Age: 24
Birth: 1982
Birthplace:Shenyang,Liaoning Province, China

Education:
1985 With father's support, studied to play the piano at the age of three.
1986 Studied professional piano under professor Zhu Yafen when aged four.
1996 Entered the Curtis Institute of Music and was a student of Gary Graffman, the head of the college and a master of piano.

Award:
1993 Placed first in the 4th German International Youth Piano Competition and received the Outstanding Achievement Art Prize.
1995 Placed first in the 2nd Tchaikovsky International Youth Musician Competition.
2002 Received the first art golden modal released by the Steinway & Sons Company, the world's top piano producer in the world, at its 150th Anniversary Ceremony and was entitled as a Steinway & Sons Artist.
2002 Was the only winner to receive the Leonard Bernstein Award.
Recital Discs
2000 Lang Lang's Solo
2001 Lang Lang・Rachmaninov: No. 3 Piano Concerto
2002 Lang Lang・Tchaikovsky: No. 1 Piano Concerto
2005 Lang Lang・Rachmaninov: No. 2 Piano Concerto
2005 Memory

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