Lang Lang
Lang Lang's Success Story
Born in 1982 in Shenyang, China, Lang Lang was born with a lively nature, and loved to sing and dance since he was a child with a strong desire to perform. His father, Lang Guo Ren, was an erhu actor in the army's cultural troupe, and his mother was an ordinary public official. His father had a dream for his son, so he guided him to learn the piano when he was 3 years old, which led Lang Lang to embark on a dream journey to become a master musician.
Lang Lang is very musical, he was 4 years old under the tutelage of Professor Zhu Yafen; 5 years old and 7 years old, won two consecutive Shenyang Piano Competition laurels; 9 years old admitted to the China Central Conservatory of Music and won the first place in the National Xinghai Piano Competition; 11 years old, won the first place in the Fourth International Piano Competition for Young People in Germany and Outstanding Achievement in Art; 13 years old, won the first place in the Second Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians, and won the first place in the China National Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 13, she won the first prize in the 2nd Tchaikovsky International Young Musicians Competition and performed with the China National Symphony Orchestra at its founding concert; at the age of 14, she was admitted to the famous Curtis Institute of Music in the United States, where she studied under the director of the institute and the famous piano master Grafman; three months later, she signed a contract with the world-famous IMG performance agency, and went to the road of a professional performer. Two years later, he signed with the world-famous German DG Records and became one of the most highly regarded artists in the world.
Lang Lang really came to the world's attention in 1999, when, at the age of 17, he replaced the unwell André Watts at the Ravinia Concert Hall. He appeared at the Ravinia? The Century Celebration? Music Festival, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the famous conductor Eisenbach, successfully performed the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. As a result, the international music scene was rocked by a? Lang Lang Cyclone? and from then on, the music halls of the world opened their doors to him.
Whether in New York Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Vienna Golden Hall, Beijing Great Hall of the People, Shanghai Grand Theater? or at the BBC Music Festival, the opening ceremony of the World Cup soccer tournament, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Macau Music Festival, the large-scale concert "in honor of the 100th anniversary of Xian Xinghai's birth", Lang Lang is the most sought-after piano player. Today, he performs with the world's leading symphony orchestras and tours the world about 150 times a year. His solo concerts are all scheduled in the most important venues of the most important music events in the most important concert halls. His concerts are ranked number one at the box office in Europe and the United States, and have been known to sell out after 20 minutes of public ticket sales. He has released eight CDs and two DVDs, which have topped the sales charts in the USA, Germany and Vienna.
Lang Lang is a bright and shining star of music.
Steinway & Sons, the world's top piano brand, favored him, and in 2002, at the 150th anniversary celebration of Steinway & Sons, Lang Lang was awarded the company's first Gold Medal of Art and became a Steinway & Sons Artist. 4 years later, Steinway & Sons launched five new Lang Lang series of upright and grand pianos, which was the first time in Steinway & Sons's history that it had been associated with an internationally famous musician and named a piano after the musician. This is the first time in the history of Steinway & Sons to join hands with an international musician and name a piano after him.
In 2002, the first Leonard Bernstein Award for Artistic Achievement was also presented by Steinway & Sons. Bernstein Award for Artistic Achievement was also awarded to Lang Lang, a prize that honors the world? The first Leonard Bernstein Award for Artistic Achievement was also awarded to Lang Lang in 2002, which honors the world's most significant artists. He was the only artist to receive this award that year. In addition, he was also Mr. Gramophone Music 2004 in Germany and Mr. Music 2004 in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He was invited by the President of the U.S.A. to give a solo recital at the White House in 2005, becoming the first Chinese artist to perform at the White House, and was honored by President George W. Bush as a World Messenger of Peace. President Bush honored him with the title of World Peace Messenger. President Bush honored him with the title of World Peace Messenger.
The prestigious Julia School of Music in the United States invited him to give a piano master class lecture, making him the youngest pianist ever to give a master class at the school.
He was invited to give master classes at the prestigious Julia School of Music in the United States, making him the youngest pianist ever to give a master class there.
In 2003, the famous American teen magazine "People" (TeenPeople) selected the ?20 young people who will change the world? Lang Lang is the only artist. He was appointed UNICEF International Goodwill Ambassador in 2004 and was honored as Chengdu Giant Panda International Cultural Ambassador in 2006. In 2006, he was honored as the Chengdu Giant Panda International Cultural Ambassador. In 2006, he was honored as the Chengdu International Cultural Ambassador for Giant Pandas and adopted one of the national pandas, and in 2006, he was honored as the Kunming Ambassador. In 2006, he was awarded the title of Kunming Ambassador. In 2006, he was awarded the title of Kunming Image Ambassador.
The world's leading media also reported on Lang Lang, in addition to the print media, in 2002, three CNN radio programs were broadcast on his personal interview, and in 2004, the United States CNN International Television broadcast five sets of Lang Lang's special reports around the world. In 2004, CNN International aired five sets of features on Lang Lang around the world. In the United States, CBS News 60 Minutes aired a feature on Lang Lang, and the only Chinese person ever featured in the program was the leader Deng Xiaoping. All of the most famous POPSHOWs in the United States have featured Lang Lang, as well as the famous BBC, which has featured Lang Lang on several occasions.
In addition, Lang Lang, who is sunny, healthy, atmospheric, and characterized by artistic temperament, has also been signed by Audi, Rolex, Philips, Panasonic, Abbott, Shenzhen Mission Hills Golf Club, and China Merchants Bank in Shenzhen, as an ambassador and brand ambassador for a number of world-renowned brands.
Lang Lang has a deep love for China and has always believed that he represents not only himself, but the Chinese people. He hopes to further publicize Chinese music and spread Chinese culture through his and other artists' *** same efforts. In 2004, Lang Lang's first Carnegie Hall recital album included Tan Dun's "Memories of Eight Watercolors" and his own Chinese music "Horse Racing", which he played with his father, and his Chinese album "Son of the Yellow River" was published in September 2006, and in November of the same year, the large-scale music film and art movie "Lang Lang's Songs for 2008", which was shot by Phoenix Satellite Television to publicize the Olympic Games, was shown at the Noon Gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing. In November of the same year, the large-scale music film and television art movie "Lang Lang's Song for the Olympics" was shot by Phoenix TV to publicize the Olympic Games.
Music is undoubtedly Lang Lang's lifelong pursuit.
Lang Lang believes that playing music is actually a process of exploring and searching for life, and that music is a high-level linguistic communication. New insights must be added without losing tradition and soul for the music to be alive.? He explores the world every day, trying to see the same things from new perspectives. He travels to various countries to perform and puts what he feels and thinks into his instrument. Every performance is full of passion and imagination.
There is no end to the exploration of life and the interpretation of music, and Lang Lang currently studies with Barenboim in Berlin and regularly travels to Paris to consult with Eschenbach. He said: ? When I practice, I will play what I think today, including all the contents, and melt myself into it, which requires great care and dedication, exactly according to the standards of the performance in Carnegie Hall in the practice of the piano. By pouring all your feelings onto the keys, you allow the music to flow naturally into the hearts of the audience.? He believes that the secret to success is to do everything with your heart and love it.
The success story of musical maestro Lang Lang
As a hyperbolic expression, the word prodigy has long been overused. But Lang Lang clearly belongs to one of them. Born in 1982 to a musical family in Shenyang, Lang Lang was a meticulous piano student by the time he was just 3. At age 5, he won first prize at a local competition and began a ? career? career. Lang Lang entered the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing at the age of 9.
Lang Lang's parents made considerable sacrifices for the development of their only child. Before Lang Lang was even two years old, his parents spent half of their annual income on his first piano. Lang Lang's father gave up his job and left his home in Shenyang to accompany his son to the Beijing Conservatory of Music. Lang Lang's parents were also separated for a long time.
In 1996, Lang Lang's fortunes took a dramatic turn. In July of that year, with the help of pianist Yin Chengzong, the 14-year-old Lang Lang gave a concert at Steinway Hall in New York, and the following year, he was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
Accompanied by his father, the teenage Lang Lang traveled to the United States, where he became Dean Grafman's favorite student. three months later, he signed with the internationally renowned IMG performance agency, and from then on he embarked on the road to becoming a professional performer, and two years later signed with the prestigious German DG Records, becoming one of the most highly regarded artists.
Dramatic understudies make stars Lang Lang really became known to the world in 1999. In 1999, at the age of 17, Lang Lang made a dramatic emergency substitution for the unwell Andrew Watts in a star-studded recital at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, and performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Watts performed Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by renowned maestro Eisenbach. Before the opening, renowned virtuoso Stern introduced Lang Lang to the audience, saying: ? You will hear the most beautiful sound in the world from this young Chinese boy.? Sure enough, when the last note was played, the audience stood up and cheered, and the thunderous applause went on forever.
This successful temporary substitute performance was extremely well received by the Chicago Tribune, one of the three largest newspapers in the United States, praising ? Lang Lang is the greatest and most exciting piano genius in the world?
What was amazing and unbelievable was the fact that Lang Lang played Bach's Gothenburg Variations for the musicians again that night in the Recital Hall at La Vieja. He had not played this piece for more than two years, yet he did it very skillfully, memorizing the score in one hour and 10 minutes. The Chicago Daily News called it a ? a miracle in the history of music. From then on, Lang Lang's illustrious career began. 20 Minute Sold Out Miracle: Anyone who has heard Lang Lang's live concerts has experienced his exaggerated, proud body language and his outstanding playing skills. On June 8, 2005, Lang Lang performed with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in front of an audience of 100,000 people and 600 million television viewers around the world, and the concert was a huge success. The next day, all the newspapers in Vienna said: ? Lang Lang is the greatest pianist and artist of this century? On June 15 of the same year, Lang Lang made his debut in the Vienna Golden Hall, once again with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which set a record for the highest ticket sales for a concert in decades. After the performance, the orchestra artists excitedly said: ? Karajan is out of this world.?
Lang Lang is the first Chinese pianist to collaborate with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Big Five Orchestra of the United States on a long-term basis. Lang Lang's concerts have ranked No. 1 at the box office in Europe and the United States, and have created the miracle of sweeping away after 20 minutes of public ticket sales. At the same time, his CD sales ranked No. 1 in the United States, Germany and Vienna.
Lang Lang's story
Lang Lang was born in Shenyang in 1982 into a family full of music. His grandfather was a music teacher, and his father, Mr. Lang Guo Ren, was a soldier in the army, a professional erhu actor, and then entered the Shenyang Municipal Public Security Bureau after he retired from the army. Under the influence of the family environment, Lang Lang became interested in music at an early age, especially after his parents bought him a domestic upright piano.
At the age of 2, Lang Lang was attracted by the cartoon "Cat and Mouse" (Tom & Jerry) in the cat's performance of the "Hungarian Rhapsody", the pianist's fingers have a strong interest, and I hope that I also have such a pair of magical hands.
One day, the TV series Journey to the West was playing on TV. When he heard Jiang Dawei singing "Dare to ask where the road is", Lang Lang's heart was full of passion, immediately immersed in the music. The song was over, but the spirited melody still lingered in his heart, so Lang Lang unknowingly played on the piano. Strangely enough, even though he had never studied music and had only heard the song once, Lang Lang almost played most of the melody of the song, truly a child prodigy without a teacher! Mom and dad were so happy that they decided to send their son to learn piano.
At the age of 3, his father took Lang Lang to piano lessons for an hour or two each time, but he didn't feel tired and enjoyed it very much. His father found that Lang Lang not only has musical talent, but also can endure hardship.
When Lang Lang was 4 years old, his father took him to meet Prof. Zhu Yafen of Shenyang Conservatory of Music. When Lang Lang sat down in front of the piano and played the tune, Prof. Zhu was very surprised that such a young child could play the tune so touching! It seems that this child has a certain musical molecule in his heart, no, I should say, his whole body is full of music! The more Prof. Zhu listened, the more touched he was, so he said to Lang Lang's father: ? This is a very talented child, born to play the piano! I will teach him well.?
When practicing the piano, Lang Lang every once in a while, he set himself a new goal. Whoever played the best, he would memorize his name and vow to surpass. While surpassing others, his skills improved and his confidence in practicing the piano well grew. From the day Lang Lang learned to play the piano, Dad designed and arranged a schedule to achieve better learning results, and used most of his income to buy a Xinghai brand piano. He also set aside the entire living room for Lang Lang's piano practice.
Once Lang Lang's elementary school teacher, Ms. Feng Ning, came to visit him at home and found that there was a small table in Lang Lang's hut with a small TV set on it, with a TV cover on the outside, and a vase of fake flowers on the cover. It seemed that the TV was probably seldom turned on. The bed in the house was not big, and could only sleep two people at most. However, the spacious living room is placed in the piano, all belong to Lang Lang alone use. So, the family usually sleeps on that bed! Mr. Feng Ning went to the piano and found that there was a small lamp on top of the piano. It turned out that Lang Lang needed to practice until late every day after school. Lang Lang's father said: ? Teacher Feng, guess what my biggest wish is? Mr. Feng said: ? What is it? Dad said: ? For my son to become a world famous pianist!
With the support of the whole family, Lang Lang gradually developed a good habit of playing the piano every day. Every morning, as long as the sound of Lang Lang's piano, the neighbors know that it is time to get up and go to work, otherwise they will be late.
One time, Lang Lang followed his parents to his aunt and uncle's house the night before. After dinner, Lang Lang and a few children at his aunt's house were having a good time when his father suddenly said to Lang Lang: ? No, you have to practice the piano! Auntie said: ? Hey, where do I have a piano? Dad said: "No, you have to practice! Let Lang Lang practice his fingering on the floor," Dad said. So Lang Lang knocked on the floor.
When Lang Lang was five years old, he won the first prize in the Shenyang Children's Piano Competition.
When Lang Lang was 9 years old, his father asked Lang Lang to go to Beijing to study piano at the Central Conservatory of Music, so he wrote a letter of resignation to the head of the organization to the effect that: ? I must go to Beijing to nurture my son!
After arriving in Beijing, Lang Lang followed his father to live in a silo in Fengtai District, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to work alone, supporting the family with her salary alone. For Lang Lang, her mother spent only 100 yuan a month on living expenses, but sent all the rest to Beijing. Soon after, Prof. Zhao Pingguo from the Central Conservatory of Music met Lang Lang and thought Lang Lang had a relatively high IQ and was very talented in music. Prof. Zhao said to Lang Lang's father: "If I put in the effort to cultivate this child, he will be a great musician. If I make an effort to cultivate this child, his future development will be no less than that of the famous young Russian pianist Yevgeny Lang Lang. Yevgeny Kissin. Kissin. So Lang Lang was accepted by Prof. Zhao Pingguo as his disciple.
Every morning, he went to the cultural class, and in the afternoon, he went to learn the piano. In order to learn more about the piano, my father stood outside Lang Lang's classroom every lesson? Eavesdropping?
Lang Lang to complete eight hours of training every day, gradually, he can skillfully play the difficult Tchaikovsky "Piano Concerto No. 1", but also to play Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 3". Later even the famous conductor Maazel was surprised: ? Where did Lang Lang lay his piano foundation? He was told: "Lang Lang studied in China. Lang Lang learned it in China.
After entering the elementary school of the Central Conservatory of Music, Lang Lang won the first prize in the Xinghai Cup National Children's Piano Competition.
Soon, Lang Lang got a chance to go to Germany to participate in music competitions, but the whole family's life depends on Lang Lang's mom alone to support, Lang Lang to participate in international competitions, the expenses need to pay for themselves, must come up with 50,000 yuan, this is how hard it is! The father hid Lang Lang to relatives and friends borrowed 50,000 dollars, accompanied Lang Lang to Germany.
As a result, 12-year-old Lang Lang won first place! Lang Lang and Prof. Zhao Pingguo cheered and hugged on stage. When Lang Lang returned home, his homeroom teacher said to Lang Lang at the Central Conservatory of Music: ? Hey, Lang Lang, this is not easy, when you received the award, your father cried so much, I have never seen your father cry before.? Lang Lang said to his teacher: "No way, my dad couldn't have cried. No way, my dad can't cry, how can he cry, I've never seen him cry before? In Lang Lang's heart, his father is a very strong man, he has always admired his father, how could he cry?
Lang Lang returned home and asked his father: "Did you cry when I received the award? I'm not going to be able to get a good look at this, but I'm going to be able to get a good look at this. The father laughed and said: "I didn't cry, don't talk nonsense. I didn't cry, don't talk nonsense.
The piano itself
At the age of 13, Lang Lang participated in the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Japan as a public official, and won the gold medal after beating a number of international players in this difficult competition.
After Lang Lang won first place in the Tchaikovsky Competition, his father withdrew Lang Lang from the Central Conservatory of Music and enrolled him in the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States. Once again, Lang Lang won first place and was admitted to this prestigious American conservatory.
There, Lang Lang took a variety of courses and enrolled in a local high school for cultural classes. In addition to the maturation of his piano skills, Lang Lang also took his first steps as a professional pianist, gaining opportunities to play with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and other large orchestras, and improving his piano skills.
On August 14, 1999, Lang Lang, who was just 17 years old, shot to fame at a star-studded concert at the Ravinia Music Festival in Chicago, USA. At that time, this five-hour-long musical extravaganza invited five world-famous pianists to join the show. Determined to perform with the U.S.? s Big Five? s Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the renowned pianist André Watts dropped out of the concert due to an emergency. Watts withdrew due to an emergency illness, concert director Eisenbach hastily recruited Lang Lang to fill in for him, and the performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra brought the 30,000-strong audience to a boil! The Chicago Tribune said: ? Lang Lang is the world's greatest and most exciting piano talent.?
Lang Lang was once driven to suicide
? Give you three choices, the first is to go back to Shenyang, the second is to jump off a building, and the third is to take medicine? Lang Lang recalls saying when he heard the choices his father gave him: ? I was completely at a loss as to what to do, thinking that jumping off a building was too scary, so I said then take the medicine.? In a sweltering summer, there was no fan in the house, not to mention no air conditioning, the young Lang Lang sat at the piano and played for more than 10 hours. The father of Lang Lang told the reporter that Lang Lang has always had a strong sense of humor. He told reporters that Lang Lang has been a hard worker since he was a child, so his success is also destined to come from hard work.
At the age of 13, Lang Lang won first place in the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition after his? good times? had already begun. Lang Lang and his father, Lang Guo Ren, who had resigned from the public service, rented a modest two-story silo in Beijing's Baixifang, where the kitchen and toilet were shared. The father and son were crammed into a one-bedroom apartment, with no television set except for a set of better stereos and an essential Xinghai piano. This is an environment of intense, fulfilling struggle deliberately created by father and son. Lang Lang lives a two-point student life of school and home every day. In the morning, he goes to school to learn cultural lessons, and in the afternoon, he practices the piano under the guidance of his teacher, Zhao Pingguo. After a day of classes, Lang Lang, like all children from dual-income families, rushes home with his backpack and a monthly bus ticket in his pocket. After arriving home, Lang Lang had to continue practicing on the Xinghai brand piano. If his father came back late, Lang Lang would go to the store alone and spend a few dollars to buy a bowl of congee, a drawer of small dumplings, to fill his stomach.
In the movie Song of Lang Lang, Lang Lang remembers his heartbreaking journey through school. Though practicing desperately, Lang Lang was unexpectedly hit by the head of the piano teacher,? The piano teacher didn't like me and said every day that you can't be a pianist and advised me to go back to Shenyang. A series of setbacks and difficult schooling conditions had made Lang Lang's father? The teacher didn't like me and told me every day that I could never be a pianist. s spirit was on the verge of collapse, and when he couldn't face it anymore, he finally told Lang Lang what he thought, "I'll give you three choices, the first is to go back to Shenyang. Give you three choices, the first is to return to Shenyang, the second is to jump off a building, the third is to take medicine? When Lang Lang heard the choices his father gave him, ? I was completely at a loss as to what to do, thinking that jumping off a building was too scary, so I said then take the medicine.?
? By the time I started to take it, I suddenly realized that this was a world that I hated, but I didn't want to take the pills, and then I took them and threw them at my dad and said go ahead and take them, I'm not taking them. Then my dad started hitting me, and I resisted for the first time, and then I started cursing the piano and cursing Beijing and cursing all the things I was upset about.? Lang Lang dad can not help but shed tears every time he recalls such a cold scene.
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