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'''Lang Lang''' ({{Lang-zh|c=郎朗|p=Láng Lǎng|link=no}}; born 14 June 1982) is a Chinese pianist who has performed with major orchestras around the world and appeared at many leading concert halls. Active since the 1990s, he was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the [[Berlin Philharmonic]], the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] and many of the top American orchestras.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019084645/http://www.langlang.com/us/biography "Lang Lang"]. Retrieved 11 September 2011. (archived from [http://www.langlang.com/us/biography the original] on 19 October 2013)</ref> In 2000, a ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' music critic called him "the biggest, most exciting young keyboard talent I have encountered in many a year of attending piano recitals."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rhein|first=John von|date=7 March 2000|title=Lang Leaves Audience Elated|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/50794251.html?dids=50794251:50794251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+7%2C+2000&author=John+von+Rhein%2C+Tribune+Music+Critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=2&desc=LANG+LEAVES+AUDIENCE+ELATED|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222217/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/50794251.html?dids=50794251:50794251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+7,+2000&author=John+von+Rhein,+Tribune+Music+Critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=2&desc=LANG+LEAVES+AUDIENCE+ELATED|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2007|journal=Chicago Tribune}} {{Subscription required}}</ref>

He was also a judge on the first two series of the British music competition television series ''[[The Piano (TV series)|The Piano]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/lang-lang-steps-down-from-uk-tv-show-the-piano/|title=Lang Lang Steps Down from UK TV Show "The Piano"|first=THE VIOLIN|last=CHANNEL|date=19 June 2024|website=World's Leading Classical Music Platform}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

Lang Lang was born in [[Shenyang]], China, in 1982 to a family of the [[Manchu people|Manchu]] [[Niohuru]] clan. His father Lang Guoren is a musician, playing the [[erhu]].<ref>[http://www.iexaminer.org/arts/avante-garde-pianist/ Na Young Kwon, "An Avante Garde Pianist: A musical genius finds inspiration from the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304115101/http://www.iexaminer.org/arts/avante-garde-pianist/ |date=4 March 2012 }}, ''International Examiner''. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> Both his father and mother, also a musician, were displaced to work on rice farms in the country during the [[Cultural Revolution]], before Lang was born.<ref name="Grdn2016">{{cite news |last1=Hind |first1=John |title=Lang Lang: 'Beethoven was a sausage lover'|type=interview|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/16/lang-lang-pianist-beethoven-sausage-lover-childhood-practice-mum-home-cooking |access-date=23 January 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 October 2016}}</ref>

The ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' episode ''[[The Cat Concerto]]'', which features [[Franz Liszt]]'s [[Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2]]., motivated two-year-old Lang to learn the piano.<ref>{{cite episode|title=L ang Lang's Journey to Beethoven|series= Morning Edition|series-link= Morning Edition|network= [[National Public Radio]]|airdate= 8 May 2007|access-date= 30 September 2016|url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10060309}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lang|first=Lang|author2=David Ritz|title=Journey of a Thousand Miles|pages=Spiegel & Graul|chapter=Tom and Gerry<!-- "Gerry"? -->}}</ref> He started lessons with Zhu Yafen at age three, won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition and performed his first public recital when he was five.<ref name="amg">Stevenson, Joseph.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=q101138/biography|pure_url=yes}} Lang Lang biography]. [[AllMusic]]</ref>

When Lang was nine, he was expelled from his piano tutor's studio for "lack of talent".<ref name="looks back">"[https://books.google.com/books?id=7BQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Lang%20Lang%20looks%20back%22%20Billboard&pg=PA46 Lang Lang looks back]".''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''; 18 February 2006</ref><ref name="Grdn2016"/> Lang has stated that upon learning of this, his father flew into a rage and told Lang that he "shouldn't live any more", ordering him to jump off the balcony of their 11th floor family apartment.<ref>{{cite news|author=Elizabeth Grice|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/i-think-my-father-just-went-nuts-superstar-pianist-lang-lang-on-being-pushed-by-his-ambitious-father-and-his-difficult-road-to-success/37938578.html|title='I think my father just went nuts' – superstar pianist Lang Lang on being pushed by his ambitious father and his difficult road to success|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=23 March 2019|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="greenstreet">{{cite news|author=Rosanna Greenstreet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/14/lang-lang-piano-china-father |title=Lang Lang: 'I'd play the piano at 5am'|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> Another music teacher at his state school noticed Lang and asked him to play the second movement of Mozart's [[Piano Sonata No. 10 (Mozart)|Piano Sonata No. 10]], which reminded Lang of his love for the instrument.<ref name="looks back" /> Lang later studied under Zhao Ping-Guo at Beijing's [[Central Conservatory of Music]].<ref>[http://www.chinesebiographies.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Lang%20Lang%20Chapter%205%20English%20Translation.pdf "Lang Lang: Chapter 5: First Step Towards the World Stage"]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Chinese Biographies, ''Cheng & Tsui''. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref>

Lang won the Xinghai National Piano Competition in Beijing in 1993 and first prize for outstanding artistic performance at the International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen, Germany, in 1994.<ref name="amg" /> In 1995, Lang played the [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] études at the [[Beijing Concert Hall]], won the [[International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians]] in Japan,<ref name="amg" /> and performed as soloist with the [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name="telarc">{{Cite web |date=2024-02-08 |title=Lang Lang: The Biography |url=https://pianoers.com/lang-lang-the-biography/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Pianoers.com |language=en}}</ref> Fourteen-year-old Lang was a featured soloist for the [[China National Symphony Orchestra|China National Symphony]]'s inaugural concert in September 1996, then Chinese president [[Jiang Zemin]] met Lang after this performance.

Lang and his father moved to the United States in 1997, so Lang could pursue studies with [[Gary Graffman]] at the [[Curtis Institute of Music]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>[http://www.chinesebiographies.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Lang%20Lang%20Chapter%206%20English%20Translation.pdf "Lang Lang: Chapter 6: A Miracle in Musical History"]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Chinese Biographies, ''Cheng & Tsui''. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref><ref name="greenstreet" />

== Career ==

[[File:Katherine McPhee.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Lang and singer [[Katharine McPhee]] perform at the [[National Memorial Day Concert]] in Washington, D.C., United States, 24 May 2009.]]

Lang has been noted by musicians and critics around the world—the conductor [[Jahja Ling]] remarked: "Lang Lang is special because of his total mastery of the piano... He has the flair and great communicative power."<ref>[http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080928/news_1a28lang.html Valerie Scher, "Around the world in 88 keys: The piano has taken Lang Lang from poverty to superstardom"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102135508/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080928/news_1a28lang.html |date= 2 November 2008 }}, ''[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]'', 28 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> [[National Public Radio]]'s [[Morning Edition]] remarked: "Lang Lang has conquered the classical world with dazzling technique and charisma."<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10060309 "Lang Lang's Journey to Beethoven"], NPR Music, 8 May 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> It is often noted that Lang successfully straddles two worlds—classical prodigy and rock-like "superstar", a phenomenon summed up by ''[[The Times]]'' (London) journalist Emma Pomfret, who wrote, "I can think of no other classical artist who has achieved Lang Lang's broad appeal without dumbing down."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615105334/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6073244.ece Emma Pomfret, "Lang Lang: China's classical superstar"], ''The Sunday Times'', 11 April 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref>

Lang's performance style was controversial when he stormed into the classical music scene in 1999. At that time, pianist [[Earl Wild]] called him "the [[Jennifer Lopez|J. Lo]] of the piano."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/news/pianist-lang-lang-hits-out-at-bang-bang-critics-2292453.html |title=Pianist Lang Lang hits out at 'Bang Bang' critics |last1=Sharp |first1=Rob |date=3 June 2011 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=26 August 2013 |location=London}}</ref> Others have described him as immature, but admitted that his ability to "conquer crowds with youthful bravado" is phenomenal among classical musicians.<ref name=WOW>[[Alex Ross (music critic)|Ross, Alex]]. [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2007/04/02/070402crmu_music_ross "The wow factor"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', 2 April 2007, vol. 83, issue 6.{{dead link|date=June 2024}}</ref> His maturity in subsequent years was reported by ''[[The New Yorker]]'': "The ebullient Lang Lang is maturing as an artist."<ref name=WOW /> In April 2009, when [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine included Lang in its list of the 100 most influential people, [[Herbie Hancock]] described his playing as "so sensitive and so deeply human", commenting: "You hear him play, and he never ceases to touch your heart."<ref name=Time>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090503142304/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893836_1894420,00.html Herbie Hancock, "Lang Lang"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 30 April 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref>

In 2001, after a [[Carnegie Hall]] debut with [[Yuri Temirkanov]], he traveled to Beijing with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] on a tour celebrating its 100th anniversary, during which he performed to an audience of 8,000 at the [[Great Hall of the People]].<ref name=DG>[http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/special/insighttext.htms?ID=langlang-recital&DETAIL=1 "Lang Lang Biography"], [[Deutsche Grammophon]]. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> The same year, he made his [[BBC Proms]] debut, prompting a music critic of the British newspaper ''[[The Times]]'' to write, "Lang Lang took a sold-out [[Royal Albert Hall]] by storm... This could well be history in the making".<ref name=DG/> In 2003, he returned to the BBC Proms for the First Night concert with [[Leonard Slatkin]]. After his recital debut with the Berlin Philharmonic, the ''[[Berliner Zeitung]]'' wrote: "Lang Lang is a superb musical performer whose artistic touch is always in service of the music".<ref>[http://www.la-jolla-music-society.com/content/view/560/107/ Lang Lang, piano] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017114412/http://la-jolla-music-society.com/content/view/560/107/ |date=17 October 2007 }}. La Jolla Music Society: 2007.</ref> In 2004, Lang was featured in Radio Television Hong Kong's TV documentary Outstanding Young Chinese Musicians.However, recent reviews have been mixed. Lately, a plethora of music critics have protested against too much showmanship; not enough care; not enough sensitivity. But audiences continue to adore him. Lang has become one of those artists whose career prospers outside the boundaries of critical approval. The pianist is bemused by the backlash: "You get many good reviews from the beginning", he says, "and then the critics start criticising you. It's strange. The things they liked you for first—unique, fresh—they say is great. And then later they say you're too fresh, too unique. But they're the same thing!"<ref>{{cite web|author=Jasper Rees |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3563054/Lang-Lang-piano-star-the-critics-love-to-hate.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3563054/Lang-Lang-piano-star-the-critics-love-to-hate.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Lang Lang: piano star the critics love to hate |work=The Telegraph|date=10 November 2008 |access-date=23 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Lang was the featured soloist on the [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]]-winning score of ''[[The Painted Veil (2006 film)|The Painted Veil]]'' and can be heard on the soundtrack of ''[[The Banquet (2006 film)|The Banquet]]''.<ref name=SFS>[http://www.sfsymphony.org/music/ProgramNotes.aspx?id=40318 "Artist Biography: Lang Lang"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406095804/http://www.sfsymphony.org/music/ProgramNotes.aspx?id=40318 |date=6 April 2012 }}, ''San Francisco Symphony''. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref> He has recorded for the [[Deutsche Grammophon]] and [[Telarc]] labels. His album of the [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Beethoven)|first]] and [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)|fourth]] Beethoven piano concertos with the [[Orchestre de Paris]] and [[Christoph Eschenbach]] debuted at No. 1 on the Traditional Classical Billboard Chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/306438/lang+lang/biography |title=Lang Lang – Biography |magazine=Billboard|date=14 June 1982 |access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> In 2008, he was the pianist on [[Mike Oldfield]]'s 2008 album ''[[Music of the Spheres (Mike Oldfield album)|Music of the Spheres]]''.<ref>[http://audaud.com/2008/03/mike-oldfield-music-of-the-spheres-lang-lang-pianohayley-westenra-lead-vocals-sinfonia-sfera-orchestrakarl-jenkins-decca/ John Sunier, "Mike Oldfield: Music of the Spheres – Lang Lang, piano/Hayley Westenra, lead vocals/ Sinfonia Sfera Orchestra/Karl Jenkins – Decca"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406104552/http://audaud.com/2008/03/mike-oldfield-music-of-the-spheres-lang-lang-pianohayley-westenra-lead-vocals-sinfonia-sfera-orchestrakarl-jenkins-decca/ |date= 6 April 2012 }}, Audiophile Audition. Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref> In 2010, he signed with [[Sony]] for a reported $3 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a7bLa9pIgrek |title=Sony Pays $3 Million to Win Pianist Lang Lang|author=[[Norman Lebrecht]]|website=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=16 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103163410/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a7bLa9pIgrek |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> [[Metallica]] performed the song One alongside Lang at the [[56th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2014.

In December 2008, Lang partnered with Google and YouTube in the project [[YouTube Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?lang_lang_is_returning_to_walt_disney_concert_hall_to_perform_17623.aspx | title = Lang Lang is returning to Walt Disney Concert Hall to perform | publisher = Asia Pacific Arts | date = 1 November 2011 | access-date = 30 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131019123246/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?lang_lang_is_returning_to_walt_disney_concert_hall_to_perform_17623.aspx | archive-date = 19 October 2013 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

Lang has also recorded piano works for the video game ''[[Gran Turismo 5]]''{{'}}s soundtrack, mostly under the "Classical" subgenre.<ref>[http://blog.dmx.com/latest/5397 "An Interview With Pianist Lang Lang"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405214524/http://blog.dmx.com/latest/5397 |date= 5 April 2011 }}, dmx. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref> This included versions of [[Danny Boy]], "[[The Entertainer (rag)|Scott Joplin's The Entertainer]]", Beethoven's [[Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)|8th Piano Sonata]], and one of the game's intro pieces, the third movement from [[Piano Sonata No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Prokofiev's 7th Piano Sonata]].

Lang has played for UN Secretary General [[Kofi Annan]], President [[Barack Obama]], [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], President [[Hu Jintao]], President [[Horst Köhler]], [[Charles III|Prince Charles]] (now Charles III), then Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]], President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], and Polish President [[Lech Kaczyński]].<ref>[http://www.camimusic.com/details.asp?webid=1849 "Lang Lang"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204075249/http://www.camimusic.com/details.asp?webid=1849 |date= 4 December 2011 }}, Cami Music. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref>

He cancelled performances from March to July 2017, after injuring his left arm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/LangLangPiano/photos/a.158507513351.144492.16325423351/10155508715633352/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/16325423351/10155508715633352 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|script-title=zh:Lang Lang – 郎朗|website=facebook.com|language=en|access-date=12 February 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|script-title=zh:Lang Lang – 郎朗|url=https://www.facebook.com/LangLangPiano/photos/a.158507513351.144492.16325423351/10155558025378352/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/16325423351/10155558025378352 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|access-date=12 February 2018|website=facebook.com|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2023, Lang Lang became a judge on the [[Channel 4]] television series ''[[The Piano (TV series)|The Piano]]'', alongside singer [[Mika (singer)|Mika]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/claudia-mika-and-lang-lang-return-channel-4-piano-recommissioned-two-further-series-also|title=Claudia, Mika and Lang Lang return to Channel 4 as The Piano is recommissioned for two further series, also commissioned a Christmas Special and documentary on the incredible Lucy &#124; Channel 4|website=www.channel4.com}}</ref> He returned for the follow series in 2024, as well as a [[Christmas special]], but departed afterwards to be replaced by American musician [[Jon Batiste]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/jon-batiste-joins-the-piano-season-3-newsupdate/|title=The Piano announces Lang Lang's exit – confirms Grammy-winning replacement &#124; Radio Times|website=www.radiotimes.com}}</ref>

=== White House state dinner ===

At the White House state dinner in honour of President of China [[Hu Jintao]] on 19 January 2011, one of the tunes Lang played was the song "[[My Motherland]]" from the movie ''[[Battle on Shangganling Mountain]]'', a film about a Chinese victory in the [[Korean War]]. The song's lyrics include the line "We deal with wolves with guns", which in the film referred indirectly to the United States Army.<ref>{{citation
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</ref> the performance was interpreted by American conservatives as insulting the US.<ref>{{citation | last = Ford | first = Peter | url =http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2011/0126/How-pianist-Lang-Lang-stirred-up-trouble-for-US-and-China-at-a-White-House-State-dinner | title = How pianist Lang Lang stirred up trouble for US and China at a White House State dinner | work = The Christian Science Monitor | date = 26 January 2011}}</ref>

In response to the controversy, Lang denied that he intended to insult the United States.<ref name=latimes/> He later released a statement stating that he "selected this song because it has been a favorite of mine since I was a child. It was selected for no other reason but for the beauty of its melody."<ref name=latimes>{{citation |last = Richter | first = Paul | url =http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-white-house-pianist-20110125,0,52927.story | title = Chinese-born pianist denies he played song to insult U.S. | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | date = 25 January 2011}}</ref> White House spokesperson [[Tommy Vietor]] also responded by saying "My Motherland" is "widely known and popular in China for its melody. Lang played the song without lyrics or reference to any political theme... any suggestion that this was an insult to the United States is just flat wrong."<ref name=abc>{{citation | last = Tapper | first = Jake | url = http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/01/white-house-says-chinese-folk-song-played-during-state-dinner-was-not-an-insult-experts-divided.html | title = White House Says Chinese Folk Song Played During State Dinner Was Not An Insult; Experts Divided | publisher = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] | date = 24 January 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110126213143/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/01/white-house-says-chinese-folk-song-played-during-state-dinner-was-not-an-insult-experts-divided.html | archive-date = 26 January 2011}}</ref>

== Select appearances ==
[[File:Chinese pianist Lang Lang the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Lang performing at the [[2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics]]]]
Lang has performed at various open-air venues, including [[Central Park]] New York, [[Hollywood Bowl]] Los Angeles, the [[Ravinia Festival]] Chicago, Theaterplatz in [[Dresden]], and Derby Park [[Hamburg]].<ref>[http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/philpedia/artist-detail.cfm?id=413 "Lang Lang"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909155813/http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/philpedia/artist-detail.cfm?id=413 |date=9 September 2011}}, [[Hollywood Bowl]]. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref><ref name=montalvo>[http://montalvoarts.org/events/lang_lang_california/ "Piano Masters: Lang Lang – Sold Out!"], Montalco Arts. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref>

In July 2007, he played at a concert from the Teatro del Silenzio, [[Lajatico]], Italy, hosted by [[Andrea Bocelli]]. He performed "Io ci sarò" with Bocelli, and Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody". The performance is available on a DVD entitled ''[[Vivere Live in Tuscany]]''.<ref>[http://www.bocelli.de/en/live/concert2007_3.htm "July 5, 2007: Teatro del Silenzio, Lajatico, Italy"], ''Bocelli Deutschland''. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
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In December 2007, Lang performed at the Nobel Prize concert in Stockholm.<ref name=montalvo/> Collaborating with [[Seiji Ozawa]], he appeared at the New Year's Eve gala opening for the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.<ref name=SFS/> He also participated in the opening concert at Munich's Olympic Stadium with [[Mariss Jansons]], marking the commencement of the 2006 [[FIFA World Cup]],<ref>[https://www.olympiapark.de/en/tours-sightseeing/sightseeing/munich-olympic-walk-of-stars "3 Orchester & Stars"], Munich Olympia Park. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref> and, in a celebratory concert held the night before the last match of the 2008 [[Euro Cup]] finals, Lang played with the Vienna Philharmonic under [[Zubin Mehta]] in front of [[Schönbrunn Palace]].<ref>[http://www.cmajor-entertainment.com/catalogue/show/id/1283 "Lang Lang at Schönbrunn"], ''C Major Entertainment''. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref>

In 2008, an audience estimated at between one and four billion people saw Lang's performance in Beijing's opening ceremony for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] where he was promoted as a symbol of the youth and future of China.<ref>[http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-07-2008/0004863443&EDATE= "China's Superstar Pianist Lang Lang to Perform to Over Five Billion Viewers at 2008 Summer Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Beijing on Friday, August 8th"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516004126/http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F08-07-2008%2F0004863443&EDATE= |date=16 May 2012 }}, PR Newswire quoting Align Entertainment Group as source. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref> During these games, he was also featured on the German TV network [[ZDF]] and made several appearances on NBC's ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' Summer Olympics broadcasts. In the [[2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony|opening ceremony]], he performed a melody from the [[Yellow River Cantata]] with five-year-old Li Muzi.<ref>Jie, Chen. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-08/09/content_6918903.htm Lang delights the crowd with moving performance] ''China Daily''</ref> Lang also collaborated with a German band, [[Schiller (band)|Schiller]], to record "Time for Dreams", used to promote some coverage of the 2008 Olympics broadcast in Germany.

In February 2008, Lang and jazz pianist [[Herbie Hancock]] performed together at the [[50th Annual Grammy Awards]], playing [[George Gershwin]]'s ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]''. 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 [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/uniteditstimetofly |title=Uniteditstimetofly's Channel – YouTube |website=YouTube |access-date=25 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229104759/http://www.youtube.com/user/uniteditstimetofly |archive-date=29 February 2012}}</ref> In April 2008, he premiered [[Tan Dun]]'s [[Piano Concerto (Tan Dun)|First Piano Concerto]], subtitled "The Fire".<ref>{{cite news
| url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/tan-duns-musical-mishmash/74545/
| title=Tan Dun's Musical Mishmash
| last=Nordlinger
| first=Jay|author-link=Jay Nordlinger
| date=11 April 2008
| newspaper=[[The New York Sun]]
| access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> Hancock and Lang continued to collaborate with a world tour in summer 2009. Lang played at the [[2009 Nobel Peace Prize]] ceremony for US President [[Barack Obama]] and at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo the next day.<ref>[http://www.chinese.cn/people/en/article/2009-12/16/content_93512.htm "Lang Lang Sets Peaceful Mood in Oslo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019095101/http://www.chinese.cn/people/en/article/2009-12/16/content_93512.htm |date=19 October 2013 }}, Confucius Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref>

Lang has made numerous TV appearances including ''The Today Show'', ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', ''[[Good Morning America]]'', ''[[CBS Early Show]]'', and ''[[60 Minutes]]'' and was a judge on ''[[The Piano (TV series)|The Piano]]''. He has featured in publications including ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' (Germany), ''[[The Times]]'', ''[[Financial Times]]'', ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[Die Welt]]'', ''[[Reader's Digest]]'', and ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Caesar |first=Ed |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/08/04/080804fa_fact_remnick |title=The Olympian|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=4 August 2008 |access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref> Lang holds the title of the first Ambassador of the [[YouTube Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3tsDu7XT0M "Lang Lang, the first YouTube Symphony Orchestra Ambassador"], YouTube. Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref>

In 2009, he performed at [[Carnegie Hall]] accompanied by [[Marc Yu]], a 10-year-old pianist and musical child prodigy from Pasadena, California, who made his Carnegie Hall debut at the event.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ten-year-old-prodigy-plays-carnegie-hall/ "Ten-Year-Old Prodigy Plays Carnegie Hall"]. CBS News. Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref>

Lang was featured in the award-winning German-Austrian documentary ''[[Pianomania]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oval-film.com/wordpressEN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112101220/http://oval-film.com/wordpressEN/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=12 November 2011 |title=Pianomania |website=Oval-film.com |access-date=23 May 2017 }}</ref> which was directed by [[Lilian Franck]] and Robert Cibis. The film premiered theatrically in North America, Asia and throughout Europe, and is a part of the [[Goethe-Institut]] catalogue.<ref>[http://firstrunfeatures.com/pianomania/ "''Pianomania''"], ''First Run Features''. Retrieved 4 June 2012.</ref>

[[File:Opening of Chopin Year in Warsaw 2010.jpg|thumb|right|Lang at the opening of the 2010 [[Chopin and his Europe|Chopin Year]] in Warsaw]]
In 2010, he was featured at the Carnegie Hall's China Festival and performed with the [[New York Philharmonic]] on New Year's Eve at Avery Fisher Hall.<ref>[http://www.carnegiehall.org/chinafestival/events/12193.aspx "Ancient Paths, Modern Voices"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619212210/http://www.carnegiehall.org/chinafestival/events/12193.aspx |date=19 June 2010 }}, Carnegie Hall. Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref><ref>[http://nyphil.org/meet/archive/index.cfm?page=eventDetail&eventNum=2120&seasonNum=10 "New Year's Eve: Alan Gilbert, Lang Lang, and Tchaikovsky"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309090250/http://nyphil.org/meet/archive/index.cfm?page=eventDetail&eventNum=2120&seasonNum=10 |date=9 March 2011 }}, [[New York Philharmonic]]. Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref>

In 2011, Lang opened the [[Last Night of the Proms]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] performing with the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]. He played [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Liszt)|1st Piano Concerto]] and [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s [[Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante|Grande Polonaise Brillante]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/8755293/BBC-Proms-2011-Last-night-of-the-Proms-review.html Ivan Hewett, "BBC Proms 2011: Last night of the Proms, review"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 10 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.</ref>

In June 2012, he played Liszt's [[Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6]] and Gershwin's [[Rhapsody in Blue]] at the [[Diamond Jubilee Concert|Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert]] at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18327599 Mark Savage, "Stars shine on The Queen at Jubilee concert"], BBC News, 5 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012</ref>
In 2012, Lang gave a masterclass to a select few pianists at the Royal College of Music featuring [[Lara Ömeroğlu]] and [[Martin James Bartlett]].

In January 2014, Lang collaborated with [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[Band (rock and pop)|band]] [[Metallica]] at the [[56th Annual Grammy Awards]], performing their iconic 1988 anti-war classic "[[One (Metallica song)|One]]".

On 3 July 2014, Lang played at [[Byblos International Festival]] in [[Byblos]], Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.byblosfestival.org/LangLang/index.html |title=Byblos International Festival |access-date=21 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821200702/http://www.byblosfestival.org/LangLang/index.html |archive-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>

On 19 September, he played with Korean artist [[PSY]] for opening ceremony of [[2014 Asian Games]] in [[Incheon]], South Korea.

On 18 October, Lang performed at the Red Velvet Ball with the [[St. Louis Symphony]] and [[David Robertson (conductor)|David Robertson]] at [[Powell Hall]].

On 8 February 2015, Lang played with [[Pharrell Williams]] and [[Hans Zimmer]] at the [[57th Annual Grammy Awards]], performing Pharrell's hit song "[[Happy (Pharrell Williams song)|Happy]]".

On 30 April 2015, Lang performed at the Expo 2015 opening concert with Andrea Bocelli at Piazza del Duomo in Milan.

On 4 July 2015, Lang performed "[[Rhapsody in Blue]]" during "[[A Capitol Fourth]]", a U.S. Independence Day celebration televised from Washington, D.C.

On 24 September 2015, Lang performed the [[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16]] at the New York Philharmonic Opening Gala Concert at the [[David Geffen Hall]] with [[Alan Gilbert (conductor)|Alan Gilbert]] conducting.

In a cameo appearance in the 30 December 2015 episode of ''[[Mozart in the Jungle]]'', Lang performed a version of [[Franz Liszt]]'s "[[Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2]]".<ref>{{cite web
| title=9 ''Mozart in the Jungle'' Scene-Stealing Cameos from Season 2
| url=http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/nine-scene-stealing-cameos-mozart-jungle-season-2/
| date=6 January 2016
| access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>

On 19 August 2020, Lang told a meditative story about his audition for teacher [[Gary Graffman]] at the [[Curtis Institute of Music]] in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web
| title=The teacher who asked a new question, Meditative Story by Lang Lang
| url=https://meditativestory.com/lang-lang//
| date=19 August 2020
| access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>

On 25 September 2021, Lang performed at [[Global Citizen Live]] on the [[Great Lawn and Turtle Pond|Great Lawn]] in [[Central Park]], New York City. He also played piano for the [[Coldplay]] song, "[[Clocks (song)|Clocks]]" at the same festival.

On 30 September 2021, Lang performed at the opening ceremony of [[Expo 2020]] in Dubai, UAE.

On 7 May 2023, Lang performed at the [[Coronation Concert]], held in celebration of the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|coronation]] of [[Charles III|King Charles III]] and [[Queen Camilla]] the day before.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/07/coronation-concert-review-a-cobbled-together-bunch-of-b-listers|title=Coronation Concert review – a cobbled-together bunch of B-listers|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=7 May 2023|access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref> Lang played the piano for the song "[[Reflection (song)|Reflection]]", from [[Disney]]'s 1998 animated film ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'', accompanied by singer [[Nicole Scherzinger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/lang-lang/nicole-scherzinger-mulan-coronation-concert/|title=Lang Lang and Nicole Scherzinger perform 'Reflection' from Disney's ''Mulan'' at Windsor Castle|website=Classic FM|last=Hall|first=Sophia Alexandra|date=7 May 2023|access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>

== Books ==

Lang's autobiography, ''Journey of a Thousand Miles'', published by [[Random House]] in 8 languages, was released in the summer of 2008.{{cn|date=September 2024}} [[Delacorte Press]] also released a version of the autobiography specifically for younger readers, entitled ''Playing with Flying Keys''.

== Awards and outreach ==

Lang has received many awards and made many television appearances. His [[Deutsche Grammophon]] recording of [[Beethoven]] [[Piano Concerto]]s Nos. [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Beethoven)|1]] and [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)|4]] with [[Christoph Eschenbach]] was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] during the year of its release.

He appeared in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's 2009 list of the [[Time 100|100 Most Influential People in the World]],<ref name=Time/> and in ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'' magazine's Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lang Lang (pianist)|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/HallofFame/ArtistPage/LangLang|work=Gramophone|access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref> In 2008, the [[Recording Academy]] named him their Cultural Ambassador to China.<ref>[http://globalrhythm.net/WorldNews/TheRecordingAcademyAnnouncesLangLangAsGrammyCultureAmbassadorToChina.cfm "The Recording Academy Announces Lang Lang As Grammy Culture Ambassador To China"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425233438/http://globalrhythm.net/WorldNews/TheRecordingAcademyAnnouncesLangLangAsGrammyCultureAmbassadorToChina.cfm |date=25 April 2012 }}, Global Rhythm, 21 October 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> More recently, Lang has been chosen as an official worldwide ambassador to the 2010 [[Expo 2010|Shanghai Expo]]. Lang was appointed by the United Nations' Children's Fund ([[UNICEF]]) as an [[List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors|International Goodwill Ambassador]] in 2004.<ref>[http://www.unicef.org/people/people_lang_lang.html "Lang Lang: Goodwill Ambassador"], UNICEF. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> The Chinese government selected him as a vice-president of the [[All-China Youth Federation]].<ref>[http://www.acyf.org.cn/2011-03/13/content_4060608.htm "Message from 'EU-China Year of Youth' Ambassador Lang Lang"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905014420/http://www.acyf.org.cn/2011-03/13/content_4060608.htm |date=5 September 2011 }}, All-China Youth Federation, 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref>

The ''[[Financial Times]]'' reported that Lang is "evangelical in his efforts to spread the popularity of classical music."<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a4ffe9b6-24ac-11de-9a01-00144feabdc0.html Rahul Jacob, "Lunch with the FT: Lang Lang"], 11 April 2009. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> In October 2008, he launched the Lang International Music Foundation in New York with the support of the [[Grammy]]s and [[UNICEF]].<ref>[http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/china_46066.html Paula Harrington, "Lang Lang launches foundation to support children’s love of music"], UNICEF, 20 October 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.thelanglangfoundation.org/ "Lang Lang International Music Foundation"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615123844/http://www.thelanglangfoundation.org/ |date=15 June 2009 }}. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref> In May 2009, Lang and his three chosen scholars from the foundation—Charlie Liu, Anna Larsen, and Derek Wang, aged between eight and 10 years old—performed together on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''.<ref>[http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090429-tows-talented-kids/8 "The World's Most Talented Kids"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521125248/http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090429-tows-talented-kids/8 |date=21 May 2009 }}, Oprah.com, 18 May 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011.</ref>

In June 2011, Lang was engaged by [[Telefónica]] to make appearances concerning culture, technology, education and social commitment.<ref>[http://saladeprensa.telefonica.com/jsp/base.jsp?contenido=/jsp/notasdeprensa/notadetalle.jsp&pagina=1&selectNumReg=5&id=1&origen=resnotap&idm=es&pais=1&elem=16787&mesinicio=01&anioinicio=1997&mesfin=08&aniofin=2011&tlibre=lang%20lang "Telefónica elige como embajador internacional de su marca al artista chino Lang Lang, el mejor pianista del mundo"], ''Telefónica Noticias''. {{in lang|es}} Retrieved 12 September 2011.</ref>

On 22 July 2012, Lang carried the London 2012 Olympic torch through [[Hornchurch]] on its Redbridge to Bexley leg. On 24 August 2012, he was awarded the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] for his engagement in the [[Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pianist Lang Lang mit Bundesverdienstkreuz geehrt |trans-title=Pianist Lang Lang awarded the Federal Cross of Merit |language=de |work=[[Die Welt]] |date=25 August 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012 |agency=[[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]] |url=https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/boulevard_nt/musik_nt/article108796700/Pianist-Lang-Lang-mit-Bundesverdienstkreuz-geehrt.html}}</ref>

On 28 October 2013, Lang was chosen by Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] to be a [[United Nations Messenger of Peace]]—a role he says is more important than his music because it can help improve the lives of children around the world through education.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://world.time.com/2013/10/28/chinese-pianist-lang-lang-chosen-as-un-messenger-of-peace/#ixzz2j7tZObRj |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031072214/http://world.time.com/2013/10/28/chinese-pianist-lang-lang-chosen-as-un-messenger-of-peace/ |date=28 October 2013 | archive-date=31 October 2013 |title=Chinese Pianist Lang Lang Chosen as UN Messenger of Peace |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]<!-- |agency=Associated Press -->|url-status=dead | access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref>

His ''Chopin Album'' on Sony Classical received the 2013 [[Echo Klassik]] Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lang Lang played a thumping one-handed duet with an adorable kid |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/lang-lang/news/lang-lang-one-handed-duet/ |date=3 July 2017 |work=Classic FM|access-date=22 August 2020 }}</ref>

On 10 April 2024, Lang was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

== Personal life ==

Lang lives in Paris, France, where he married German-Korean<ref>{{cite web|title=Who is Gina Alice Redlinger? The classical pianist who married Lang Lang|url=https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/gina-alice-redlinger-classical-pianist/|publisher=[[Classic FM (UK)]]|date=13 October 2021}}</ref> pianist {{ill|Gina Alice Redlinger|de|Gina Redlinger}} in June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weibo.com/1218698200/Hx8YNlVVD?from=page_1004061218698200_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime&type=comment#_rnd1559593400906 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191203114034if_/https://www.weibo.com/1218698200/Hx8YNlVVD?from=page_1004061218698200_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime&type=comment | archive-date = 3 December 2019 | script-title=zh:感谢各位亲朋好友来参加我的婚礼|trans-title=Thank you all for coming to my wedding|last=Lang|first=Lang|language=zh-cn|website=[[Weibo]]|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/lang-lang/gina-alice-redlinger-wedding/|title=Lang Lang just married pianist Gina Alice Redlinger – and the photos are ridiculously glamorous|publisher=[[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]|date=2 June 2019|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> She gave birth to their first child in January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pianists Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger announce birth of their baby boy|url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/lang-lang/pianist-wife-gina-alice-redlinger-expecting-baby/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=[[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]}}</ref>

== Discography ==
{{Main|Lang Lang discography}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal |last=Hung |first=Eric |date=Winter–Spring 2009 |title=Performing "Chineseness" on the Western Concert Stage: The Case of Lang Lang |journal=[[Asian Music (journal)|Asian Music]] |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=141–148 |doi=10.1353/amu.0.0019 |jstor=25501604|ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/journeyofthousan0000lang |title=Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story |last=Lang |first=Lang |date=2008 |publisher=Spiegel & Grau |isbn=978-0-385-52456-8 |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=179834007 |url-access=limited|ref=none }}
* Lang, Lang: "Lang Lang: playing with flying keys", Lang Lang with Michael French, introduction by [[Daniel Barenboim]], New York: Delacorte Press, 2008, 215 p.&nbsp;{{ISBN|978-0-385-73578-0}}
* Pezzella, Patrizia: ''Una psicologa ascolta Lang Lang e incontra la musica classica'', Milan, Archivio Dedalus Edizioni, 2015, {{ISBN|9788897602170}}
* Wu, Grace: "Lang Lang", Cheng & Tsui Co, 2010, 93 p.&nbsp;{{ISBN|0-88727-758-6}}

== External links ==
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* {{official website}}
* {{IMDb name|1496244|Lang Lang}}
* [http://www.langlangfoundation.org/ Lang Lang International Music Foundation official website]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17022256 Lang Lang at NPR Music]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180725183723/http://www.lightandshadow.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=88&lang=en Lang Lang – Dragon Songs: documentary film]
* [http://www.classicalarchives.com/feature/lang_lang_interview.html Classical Archives Interview]
* [http://www.bruceduffie.com/langlang.html Interview with Lang Lang], 11 October 2002 (very early in his career)

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