Beethoven Concerto Cycle - T01743514776Heralded as the 'hottest artist on the classical music planet’ by the New York Times, 27-year-old Lang Lang has played sold out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world. In 2008 over 5 billion people viewed his performance in Beijing's opening ceremony for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and the following year he was named as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people. Following his sold-out in-the-round performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010, Lang Lang returns to the Hall in March 2012 to perform his complete Beethoven Piano Concerto cycle for the first time ever in London. He will be joined by the acclaimed conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra. | |
| 20 Mar 12 to 23 Mar 12 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L0882814877 |
T2041131394The only London piano recital this season by the young Chinese superstar who has been taking the world by storm. This concert is part of a residency at Southbank Centre focusing particularly on young pianists, and which will include chamber music, concerto appearances and a special award concert for young pianists. Lang Lang's popular touch has sometimes made him controversial, yet, as The Guardian wrote last year, 'whatever you think of Lang Lang, he always manages to take everyone by surprise.' Thanks to his extraordinary energy, enthusiasm and gift for communication, this unique artist has brought the love of piano music to a whole new generation and is said to have inspired over 40 million Chinese children to start learning to play the instrument. His amazing achievements have been awarded at every level, from a Grammy nomination to a UNICEF goodwill ambassadorship and, in 2009, Time Magazine named him as one of its 100 Most Influential People in the World. | |
| 17 May 11 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L02101296859 |
Gala Recital - T735936851The ‘hottest artist on the classical music planet’ according to the New York Times, Lang Lang has performed to packed houses in every major city in the world and over 5 billion people viewed his performance in the Beijing Olympics’ opening ceremony. His first solo recital in Nottingham offers the chance to experience his magnetic mix of brilliance and finesse. Two contrasting Beethoven sonatas from his early and middle periods make up the first half of the programme. The 3rd Sonata was Beethoven’s first really virtuosic essay in the form whilst the tempestuous ‘Appassionata’ delves into darker tone colours. In a sunnier musical climate, Albeniz’s Iberia presents a vibrant vision of Spain and its dances before Prokofiev’s 7th Sonata sets the sparks flying with its furious, pyrotechnic energy. | |
| 12 May 11 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01877615654 |
T083019352Whatever Lang Lang performs at his Barbican recital, the atmosphere is likely to be extraordinary. The young Chinese virtuoso wears his musical heart on his sleeve (and the sleeve will usually be part of an eye-catching outfit). Lang began playing before he was two years old and came to widespread attention when at only 17, in 1999, he stepped in at short notice for a concert with the Chicago Symphony and his ebullient and charismatic playing launched an extraordinary career. | |
| 26 Apr 09 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L1203976099 |
Series: International Piano Series 2004/05 - T01356543589 | |
| 23 Jan 05 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01983552283 |
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| 21 May 10 | Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221 listing details L02143233216 |
| 26 Nov 07 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L1937492480 |
