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It’s another packed day in Lang Lang’s crazy, globetrotting schedule. He appears in the lobby of his Paris hotel in a silvery Armani suit, having just had a meeting about his new worldwide foundation to encourage music-making among children. (This has become an all-consuming passion, reflected in the “mass-piano” events for young performers he’s leading at his forthcoming London residency.) He orders tea, flings himself down in a chair, and remarks with a laugh that we’re meeting on April Fool’s Day. Do they have a similar custom in China, I ask?

Lang Lang, 28, performed his first public recital at the age of five, and all his concerts sell out. He has played with the world’s best orchestras and was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics.

What was your earliest ambition?

I always wanted to be a pianist.

Public school or state school? University or straight into work?

In China when I was a kid there were only state schools. You went to the nearest. I went to the Curtis Institute of Music in America for high school and college.

Who is your mentor?

Lang Lang is inviting his fans from all over the world to submit pictures of themselves for inclusion in an online "Wall of Fans" photo collage that will be featured on his Website, Facebook, and Twitter pages. Lang Lang is so excited to see all of you and to bring the photos of the entire international Lang Lang fan community together in this visual way!

If you didn't submit your picture through Facebook yet or do not have a Facebook but still want to be a part of the Lang Lang Wall of Fans, you can still be included if you send in a picture of yourself to langlangwall@gmail.com

Point de contre-ut multipliés par le ténor ni de déploiement de vélocité et de décibels par le pianiste. Roberto Alagna et Lang Lang avaient choisi la musique d’abord, comme pour rappeler que leur immense renommée n’était pas fondée sur un simple phénomène de médiatisation bien orchestrée.

Pour Alagna, on le savait déjà depuis longtemps. Pour Lang Lang, à la carrière bien plus récente, c’était moins évident. Cette Carte blanche lui avait été donnée, et on ne peut nier qu’il en ait fait le meilleur usage.

Bras dessus, bras dessous, ils ont accueilli à égalité les acclamations du public. Entre Lang Lang (29 ans) et Alagna (47 ans), la différence d’âge ne paraît guère tant notre ténor national, depuis qu’il s’est fait opérer d’un sinus, est au summum de sa forme. De même taille, le ténor étant plus trapu que le pianiste, ils avaient tous deux une allure juvénile avec un égal appétit à séduire le public. Ce n’était ni un récital Alagna, ni un récital Lang Lang, mais un show, une performance où l’un faisait briller l’autre.

Lang Lang appeared on the French TV show "Le Grand Journal" today. His part of the show is in "La suite 1". Click here to watch his performance and interview.

Lang Lang held a live streaming presentation entitled "The Piano According To Lang Lang" on March 30th, 2011. You can view the rebroadcast of the concert at www.medici.tv.

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