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Lässig betritt er die Bühne, mit Lackschuhen, in Jeans und mit Wuschel-Frisur. Empfangen wird Lang Lang wie ein Rockstar, mit tosendem Applaus und begeistertem Gejohle. Dabei soll er eigentlich gar nicht so richtig im Mittelpunkt stehen, sondern die 1000 Finger ausgewählter Klavierschüler.

Only connect. That’s what pianist Lang Lang does — and much more. But watching the hip young man with the spiked, punk hairstyle high-five every bouquet-carrying kid who approached the Hill Auditorium stage following his spectacular performance of the 3rd Prokofiev piano concerto Wednesday evening, you see it’s charisma as much as technique that binds the audience to him.

As the world's best-known classical pianist - recognized by tens of millions in China alone - Lang Lang is capable of special merchandizing feats, such as selling out Roy Thomson Hall on a midweek evening with a student ensemble, as he did on Tuesday. But was the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, even under the baton of an established conductor like Christoph Eschenbach, a fair match for the star soloist?

We hear some pieces of music so often — on our iPods, the car radio, while shopping — that it’s easy to start mistaking them for wallpaper. So it takes a very special kind of performer to make us sit up and really take notice again.

There was a stage-full of such special performers on Tuesday night at Roy Thomson Hall, as Chinese piano sensation Lang Lang, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and conductor Christoph Eschenbach reintroduced us to the beauties of some well-worn classical masterpieces.

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From there, they plunged into Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra with an intrepid feel that set the scene for a fearless showing by Lang Lang. It was not only the soloist’s virtuosity that impressed, but even more so, the astonishing ease with which he seemed to dispatch it.

No matter how vigorous or intricate his part, the notes seemed to shoot out of his fingers with fire and force. The orchestra proved a compelling partner in the wide-ranging second movement as well, creating a soft glow around its hushed portions.

Sometime around his 25th birthday, Chinese piano sensation Lang Lang crossed the threshold to being Lang Lang Inc.

Since his last Toronto concert last summer at Massey Hall with jazz great Herbie Hancock, Lang has been feted by the world’s most influential people in Davos, Switzerland, played at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, organized and performed a benefit concert for victims of the Haiti earthquake with hip hop artist Wyclef Jean at Carnegie Hall, and launched his own line of upright and baby-grand pianos for students, designed by his sponsor, Steinway & Sons.

Lang Lang is the star attraction for the first North American tour of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, and the celebrated Chinese pianist drew a large crowd Monday night at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. After making his early reputation as a power-pounding wunderkind, Lang Lang now has embraced a wider, more sophisticated repertoire.

Long before the first note was played at Carnegie Hall on Sunday night, you could tell it was an unusual occasion. A lively, enthusiastic and uncommonly diverse audience filled the auditorium to capacity, with illicit camera flashes indicating the presence of newcomers and curiosity seekers. The event at hand was a concert meant to raise money for earthquake-ravaged Haiti; the chief attraction was the Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang.

人民网3月21日纽约电（记者谢荣镇）今天晚上，当郎朗在纽约卡内基音乐厅举办的慈善义演落下帷幕，现场观众用长时间的热烈掌声，对郎朗的演出成功表示祝贺。

　　这次慈善义演，演出收入全部捐赠给联合国儿童基金会，用于帮助在海地大地震中幸存的儿童。这场演出在纽约广受关注，著名卡内基音乐厅的演出票很快售罄，演出前一票难求。在演出前，郎朗用英语发言，感谢大家支持这次慈善义演。他表示，通过这场音乐会，希望人们不要忘记海地仍然有许多需要获得帮助的人们，尤其是在海地大地震中幸存的儿童。郎朗充满爱心的讲话，感染了现场观众。随后，郎朗与世界著名指挥大师克里斯托弗·艾森巴赫及乐团的精彩演出，把全场观众带进了美妙的音乐世界。

　　演出结束后，纽约华策会人瑞中心当即捐款支持郎朗义举。

　　据悉，本次慈善演出结束后，郎朗与克里斯托弗·艾森巴赫一起，还将在北美各大城市进行为期一个月的巡回演出。

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- After a massive earthquake rocked Haiti in January, concert pianist Lang Lang sent a text message to Wyclef Jean asking if the singer’s friends and relatives in the Caribbean country were safe.

The Chinese superstar and the Haitian-born hip-hop artist who rose to fame with the Fugees had met a month earlier in Oslo at a concert honoring U.S. President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.