Lang Lang

The Chinese pianist has pledged to revive piano teaching in British state schools. His Lang Lang International Music Foundation has given 30 keyboards to Winns Primary School in Waltham Forest, where half the children are from deprived minority backgrounds. The initiative replicates his Keys of Inspiration project in China where...

He is a Chinese superstar, a piano virtuoso who has sold millions of albums worldwide and regularly topped the classical charts. Lang Lang has also used his fame and fortune to help state schools that lack music, sounding warnings at a 2019 awards ceremony in London that such lessons had become “a real challenge” for children in the most disadvantaged communities.

Up a Swiss Alp, that’s where. It’s the latest attention-seeking gimmick from the Chinese pianist. According to Chinese state media: Chinese pianist Lang Lang from Shenyang on Thursday gave a solo piano performance at Jungfraujoch, the highest railway station in Europe, an artistic endeavor to promote cultural exchanges between China and Europe by means of music.

Chinese pianist Lang Lang has announced he will donate hundreds of keyboards to British schools to help bring music to children in disadvantaged communities. The musician, 39, who is one of the most famous solo pianists in the world, said he has been “shocked” by how limited access to music lessons can be in the UK.

The stage of Davies Symphony Hall was disarmingly blank. The sight, typically bathed in warm light with rows of chairs and tightly packed instruments, stood tabula rasa March 31 — save for a sleek, expectant Steinway. Only Bach could lure Lang Lang to the Bay or, more dauntingly, to...

Two of the splashiest stars in classical music perform in L.A. just three days apart — and to decidedly different effect.

When Lang Lang came on stage at the Arsht Center on Thursday night, cheers and yelps arose from the near-capacity crowd. That greeting seemed more appropriate to a rock star but the Chinese pianist has become the classical music world’s iteration of one and his popularity remains unabated. Despite...

See + Do Enjoy cutting-edge artists, rising stars, popular favorites, and the adventures of an undersea explorer. Some of the most exciting performers in classical music are coming to San Diego in March presented by La Jolla Music Society (LJMS), at the Balboa Theatre and Civic Theatre downtown as well as the world-class Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla. In addition to superstars like Lang Lang and Joshua Bell, audiences will enjoy cutting-edge artists, rising stars, popular favorites, and the adventures of an undersea explorer.

Beijing, February 7, 2022 – World-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, internationally-acclaimed Chinese pianist Lang Lang and famous Chinese soprano Lei Jia have united for a brand new song ‘Forever You and Me’ – a musical gift to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. It is released today in collaboration with Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

A beautiful duo, both away from and at the piano; watch as classical music’s virtuoso couple treats us to some irresistible Brahms. There’s surely nothing that quite has the charm of a piano duet – nor the ability to bring a smile. And there are smiles all...

Lang Lang comes as a package deal. Even after a lay-off due to an arm problem he still has his wondrous piano technique. He always offers himself as a wholly serious musician. He is certainly an important one – an inspiration to millions. But he is also one of the most mannered maulers of the repertoire you are ever likely to encounter.

The Chinese superstar is much in evidence at the launch of a debut album by his wife, the Korean-German pianist Gina Alice Redlinger. She has told a press conference that her husband and her father were in attendance while she made the recording over 14 days in China. ‘I really...

The Lang Lang International Music Foundation (LLIMF) has teamed up with The Trans Chorus of Los Angeles (TCLA) to create a video to commemorate the day of observance. LLIMF young scholar alum Carey Byron plays piano while the chorus sings “More Friends Than You Know” written by Jeff Marx and Merv Warren. Carey Byron and members of the Trans Chorus of LA are available to speak with you.

Pianist Lang Lang is embracing his philosophy of being a "global citizen," and recent travels have taken him to London, Paris, Monaco, Dubai and New York City. Today we'll enjoy his performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. Our music today also includes an oboe concerto by Bach and Beethoven's "Moonlight" Piano Sonata. Tune in at 9 am on 91.1 and 107.5 FM and our music stream.

Chinese pianist Lang Lang, not even 40 yet, has already accomplished enough for a lifetime. Even before turning 30, he made Time Magazine's list of 100 Influential People in the World. Lang Lang returned to the Grammy Museum on October 6th for the first time since 2014. Conducting the interview...

Really. The fleet-fingered Chinese pianist, the Fresh Prince of Razzle-Dazzle, left all mugging and mannerisms at the Carnegie Hall stage door Tuesday night, and settled in for a long, imaginative—and yes, sometimes dazzling—traversal of J.S. Bach’s colossal keyboard work. And we do mean long. Advance information from Carnegie Hall listed...