Lang Lang

Lang Lang is a Chinese concert pianist, born in Shenyang in 1982, regarded as one of the most celebrated musicians of his generation. He studied at Beijing's Central Music Conservatory and at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia under Gary Graffman, and became an international sensation at seventeen after a last-minute debut at the 'Gala of the Century' with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The first Chinese pianist to perform with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, he is a Steinway artist, a Grammy nominee, a TIME 100 honouree, and the founder of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, which champions music education for young pianists around the world.