Lang Lang - Liszt

Katalognummer: 4805156
VÖ-Datum: 12.08.2011
Konfiguration: CD
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

[1] Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor, S.244 - Arr. Vladimir Horowitz

9:04

[2] Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3

4:46

[3] Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418 (after Mozart)

15:51

Lang Lang: Chronology

"He is stunning." (The New York Times)

Acclaimed in the major concert halls of North America, Europe, and Asia, Lang Lang - at the age of 20 - has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to connect with audiences on a deeply personal level and has established himself as one of the most exciting pianists of our time. Lang Lang's talent and personality make him an ideal ambassador for classical music and a role model for young people.

CNN International and CBS recently aired profiles on Lang Lang and he was also featured in The Wall Street Journal and in Teen People's issue highlighting "Top Twenty Teens Who Will Change the World".

1982

Born in Shen Yang, China, Lang Lang begins his piano studies at the age of three with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen from the Shen Yang Conservatory of Music.

1987

Wins first prize in the Shen Yang Piano Competition after which he gives his first public recital.

In the coming years he takes first prize in the Fifth Xing Hai Cup Piano Competition in Beijing, first prize and "outstanding artistic performance" in the Fourth International Young Pianists Competition in Germany, and first prize at the Second Tchaikovsky International Young Musicians' Competition held in 1995 in Japan.

1991

Enters the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing, where he studies with Professor Zhao Ping-Guo.

1996

In September, performs as one of the soloists at the inaugural concert of the China National Symphony, which President Jiang Ze-Min attends as guest of honour.

1997

Begins studies with Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, which he concludes in 2002.

1998

US début appearance, with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

1999

Decisive career breakthrough in August with his last-minute substitution for an indisposed André Watts at the Ravinia Festival.

2001

Makes sold-out Carnegie Hall début in April 2001 to great critical acclaim playing the Grieg Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony under Yuri Temirkanov. In June Lang Lang travels to Beijing with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Wolfgang Sawallisch for a tour celebrating the orchestra's 100th anniversary, during which he performs to an audience of 8000 at the Great Hall of the People. London Proms début in August, playing Rachmaninov's Third Concerto in the Albert Hall.

2001/02

season

Engagements include the London Philharmonic with Christoph Eschenbach, under whose baton he also tours Europe with the NDR Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg; the NHK Symphony of Japan with Charles Dutoit, in concerts broadcast on NHK Television throughout Japan; and his subscription début with the New York Philharmonic. Début at London's Wigmore Hall in November; other recitals this season include Washington's Kennedy Center and the Louvre in Paris. In December he participates in the final subscription concerts of the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music, under Sawallisch's baton.

2002

In July he is featured in a weeklong residency with five concerts at the Ravinia Festival, including two concerto performances with the Chicago Symphony, two solo recitals, an evening of Schubert duos with Christoph Eschenbach, and a program of Chinese traditional music with his father, Guo-ren Lang. In August he becomes the first recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival.

2003

Lang Lang makes his first recording for Deutsche Grammophon in February: Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn First Concertos, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

2/2003