Who is lang lang

As if by magic, the kids get transported inside the cartoon world, where Lang Lang and their mother have to pursue them. Lang Lang recorded piano works for the soundtrack to the video game Gran Turismo 5. This included versions of the traditional Londonderry Air, and the third movement from Prokofiev's seventh Piano Sonata.

At the Grammy Awards, Lang Lang teamed up with jazz legend Herbie Hancock for a performance that was seen by 45 million viewers. Hancock said of Lang Lang, "You hear him play, and he never ceases to touch your heart. In , Lang Lang Music World was launched in China where children can go to receive lessons and master classes, attend concerts and purchase Lang Lang-branded products.

Lang Lang holds the title of the first Ambassador of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, a global endeavor devoted to sharing the love of music and celebrating humanity's vast creative diversity.

A concert at Sydney Opera House in March was live streamed to millions of viewers. He sent his piano parts over the internet to be mixed into the tracks. Lang Lang is good friends with American superstar Kanye West. The pianist says the two will definitely collaborate in the future. Lang Lang, which means "brilliance of the sky", was born in Shenyang, China, and is of Manchu ethnicity.

According to Lang, this first contact with Western music is what wanted him to learn piano. He began lessons with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen at age three.

At the age of five, he won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition and played his first public recital. In , at 13 years old, he played the Op. When 14, he was a featured soloist at the China National Symphony's inaugural concert, which was broadcast by China Central Television and attended by President Jiang Zemin.

Lang has won lots of Awards and has been seen by millions of television viewers throughout the world. After his recital debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker , the Berliner Zeitung wrote: "Lang Lang is a superb musical performer whose artistic touch is always in service of the music". He has recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon and Telarc labels.. His album of L. Lang has also recorded piano works for the video game Gran Turismo 5's soundtrack, mostly under the "Classical" subgenre.

This included versions of Danny Boy , Beethoven's 8 th Piano Sonata , and one of the game's intro pieces, the 3 rd movement from Prokofiev's 7 th Piano Sonata. Liszt 's Hungarian Rhapsody. In , an audience estimated at up to a billion people saw Lang Lang's performance in Beijing's opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics where he was promoted as a symbol of the youth and future of China.

Lang also collaborated with a German band Schiller to record "Time for Dreams", used to promote some coverage of the Olympics broadcast in Germany. The two were again brought in by United Airlines for the reintroduction of their "It's Time to Fly" advertising campaign with a series of new animated commercials aired during the Summer Olympics.

Hancock and Lang continued to collaborate with a world tour in summer The film premiered theatrically in North America, Asia and throughout Europe, and is a part of the Goethe-Institut catalogue.

He played F. Liszt 's Piano Concerto No. In June , he played F. Liszt 's Hungarian Rhapsody No.