Lang Lang plays Chopin
Here's something Chinese that I didn't have to order through YesAsia. I bought a Lang Lang CD in Barnes and Noble last year. At some point last year, one of my classmates from my Chinese class gave me a cut-out from the local newspaper about him, and he also played the piano in the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics (which was covered very poorly by NBC with a "China expert" who knew nothing except for the usual Western disapproving view of Chinese politics and made bad attempts at describing what was actually going on, including a horrible failure at pronouncing the name of a lovely Chinese instrument, which is *not* called the goochen). All of this plus the liking I had for "Secret" and Jay's love for Chopin's music made me want to try this CD of Lang Lang playing Chopin.
Lang Lang is apparently Manchurian, not Han like the majority of Chinese, and he plays classical music. Out of all of China's classical pianists, the ones I hear of the most are Lang Lang and Li Yundi, since they have worked with a couple of pop artists I like and I don't know all too much about classical music. -_-" Generally, Lang Lang plays with LeeHom Wang:
And Li Yundi plays with Jay Chou:
BTW, I think the people who comment on to compare LeeHom and Jay's skills on the violin or piano with those of artists who perform nothing but classical music are morons. Really, there's a big difference between composing unique pop songs that combine influences from multiple countries and genres and playing classical music with the fluidity, style, and precision of a classical pianist who practices such pieces nonstop. It should be obvious that all four are extremely talented, just in different ways.
I haven't posted any Chopin except for the Chopin in the Jay collection post. In case no one noticed, I tagged the piano battle from the "Secret" OST with Chopin as one of the artists, since parts of it are renditions of Chopin pieces. You should be able to recognize part of it here:
Anyways, here is a link to the CD that I bought:
Just click on the photo.
Lang Lang is apparently Manchurian, not Han like the majority of Chinese, and he plays classical music. Out of all of China's classical pianists, the ones I hear of the most are Lang Lang and Li Yundi, since they have worked with a couple of pop artists I like and I don't know all too much about classical music. -_-" Generally, Lang Lang plays with LeeHom Wang:
Click to viewAnd Li Yundi plays with Jay Chou:
BTW, I think the people who comment on to compare LeeHom and Jay's skills on the violin or piano with those of artists who perform nothing but classical music are morons. Really, there's a big difference between composing unique pop songs that combine influences from multiple countries and genres and playing classical music with the fluidity, style, and precision of a classical pianist who practices such pieces nonstop. It should be obvious that all four are extremely talented, just in different ways.
I haven't posted any Chopin except for the Chopin in the Jay collection post. In case no one noticed, I tagged the piano battle from the "Secret" OST with Chopin as one of the artists, since parts of it are renditions of Chopin pieces. You should be able to recognize part of it here:
Anyways, here is a link to the CD that I bought:
Just click on the photo.