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Whatever 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.