Lang Lang
- January 5, 2024
- Pianist
Quick Facts
Lang Lang Biography
| Name | Lang Lang |
| Birthday | Jun 14 |
| Birth Year | 1982 |
| Place Of Birth | Shenyang |
| Birth Country | China |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Parents | Lang Guoren, Zhou Xiulan |
| Spouse | Gina Alice Redlinger |
Lang Lang is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on June 14, 1982 in Shenyang, China. Award-winning Chinese pianist who used his concerts to bridge international differences.
He performed at the 2011 White House dinner to honor Chinese premiere Hu Jintao.
Lang Lang (Chinese: 郎朗 ; pinyin: Láng Lǎng ; born 14 June 1982) is a Chinese concert pianist who has performed with leading orchestras in China, the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. Active since the 1990s, he was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and some top American orchestras. 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”.
Lang was later admitted into the conservatory, where he studied under Professor Zhao Ping-Guo. In 1993, Lang won the Xinghai National Piano Competition in Beijing and in 1994 was awarded first prize for outstanding artistic performance at the Fourth International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen, Germany. In 1995, at 13 years of age, he played the Op. 10 and Op. 25 études by Chopin at the Beijing Concert Hall; in the same year, Lang also won first place at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Japan, playing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert broadcast by NHK Television. When he was 14, Lang was a featured soloist at the China National Symphony’s inaugural concert, which was broadcast by China Central Television and attended by President Jiang Zemin.
His father was also a professional musician, playing the traditional Chinese stringed instrument the erhu.
Lang Lang Net Worth
| Net Worth | $30 Million |
| Source Of Income | Pianist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Lang Lang is one of the richest Pianist from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lang Lang 's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
His piano tutor, who was preparing him for Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music, thought he lacked the talent to be admitted into the school.
He was called the “world’s ambassador of the keyboard” by New Yorker magazine and made TIME’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2009.
Lang Lang was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, on 14 June 1982. His father Lang Guoren is a member of the Manchu Niohuru clan, which brought forth a long line of Qing Empresses. The elder Lang is also a musician; he plays the traditional Chinese stringed instrument erhu. At the age of two, Lang watched the Tom and Jerry episode The Cat Concerto, which features Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. Lang has said it was this—his first contact with Western classical music—that motivated him to learn the piano. He began piano lessons with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen at age three. At the age of five, he won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition and performed his first public recital.
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Who is Lang Lang Dating?
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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.
Facts & Trivia
Lang Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Lang Lang celebrates birthday on June 14 of every year.
Lang’s autobiography, Journey of a Thousand Miles, published by Random House in eight languages, was released in the summer of 2008. Delacorte Press also released a version of the autobiography specifically for younger readers, entitled Playing with Flying Keys.