Lang Lang
Lang Lang is a Chinese pianist and music educator who shares classical favourites, screen music and collaborations through concerts, recordings and online performances.
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Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche GrammophonOverview
- From
- Shenyang, China
- Born
- 1982
- Training
- Beijing Conservatory; Curtis Institute of Music with Gary Graffman
- Breakout
- 1999 Ravinia Festival, stepping in for André Watts
- Beyond performing
- Founder of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, established in 2008
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Shenyang in 1982, Lang Lang began piano lessons at three. He trained in Beijing before moving to Philadelphia in 1997 to study with Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music.
The call that changed things.
In 1999, he stepped in for an ailing André Watts at Ravinia’s Gala of the Century. His performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach brought him international attention.
A place for new listeners.
His recordings make room for very different kinds of listening: Bach’s complete Goldberg Variations, reimagined Disney songs and the short pieces of Piano Book 2. For the Bach project, he paired a studio recording with a live performance from Leipzig’s Thomaskirche.
Passing it on.
He founded the Lang Lang International Music Foundation in 2008. Its work includes piano education in underserved schools and mentoring for young pianists. He also reaches television audiences as a judge on Channel 4’s The Piano.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Piano Book 2: Modern EncoresPianist
- 2026Piano Book 2: Classical EncoresPianist
- 2025Piano Book 2Pianist; duet with Tony Ann on Icarus
- 2024Saint-SaënsPianist with Gina Alice, the Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons
- 2022The Disney BookPianist; collaborators include Andrea Bocelli, Jon Batiste and Sebastián Yatra
- 2020Goldberg VariationsPianist, studio and live performances
Awards
Quotes
When I play Icarus, it feels as if I’m flying.Lang Lang, Deutsche Grammophon
Speaking about his four-hands recording with Tony Ann for Piano Book 2 in October 2025.
Trivia
- A Tom and Jerry cartoon featuring Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 helped spark his interest in piano.
- He played at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- His wife, pianist Gina Alice, joins him on both The Disney Book and Saint-Saëns.
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