On September 19, Beijing time, the United Nations Peace Ambassador and internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang joined the famous conductor Thomas Wilkins and the US National Symphony Orchestra at the special gala concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, USA He completed the dramatic and powerful Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3. Since then, Lang Lang has officially opened the curtain of the 2021 world tour.
The concert at the Kennedy Arts Center that night was very enthusiastic. The audience was moved to hear such a rare and elegant art experience again during the epidemic. The applause was thunderous, just as the “New York Times” once praised Lang Lang as “this classic”. “The hottest artist on the classical music planet” (the original text “The hottest artist on the classical music planet”). At the same time, at the time when the whole people are fighting the epidemic, music also brings comfort and hope to everyone. The audience and musicians also firmly believe that life will get better and better after all.
Lang Lang also presented a song “Jasmine” on the occasion of China’s Mid-Autumn Festival, which caused tears to the eyes of the Chinese present and aroused everyone’s homesickness.
Lang Lang still has an unforgettable memory in Washington. Qin Gang, China’s new ambassador to the United States, is also a lover of music. He also met Lang Lang the day before Lang Lang’s performance in Washington. Ambassador Qin Gang said: “Lang Lang’s visit is vital to the Sino-US cultural exchange at this moment. Role!” He also praised Lang Lang for his artistic achievements on the international stage, and hoped that Lang Lang would spread Chinese culture around the world. Lang Lang also said that he would add Chinese repertoires in part of his tour.
Lang Lang’s world tour has a total of 20 stations, covering many countries and cities in North America, the Middle East, and Europe. In addition to Washington, New York, and Chicago, he will also appear in major European cities after October 15th, including France. Paris, Lyon, Nantes (western port cities), Germany’s Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Freiburg, Austria’s Vienna, Italy’s Milan, Rome, England’s London, and Monaco, etc. This is bound to be a tour that represents the strength and style of Chinese artists. This Lang Lang world tour also has special significance. On the one hand, under the influence of the epidemic, his tour plan has been postponed for more than a year. During this time, he has a more profound understanding of piano, music, and life. Understand, standing on the international stage again, he hopes to soothe people’s injured hearts with the sound of the piano, and accompany people in their struggling and forge ahead, and look forward to a better life with everyone. On the other hand, in an environment where almost all international artistic exchanges are isolated, Lang Lang can have the opportunity to show the world the image of China, China’s friendship, China’s care, and China’s splendor, build a bridge of peace and friendship on the stage, and use music Open up channels of understanding and communion, so that people all over the world can feel the beauty and blessings from Chinese artists.
The next stop is September 25th. On behalf of China, Lang Lang will be invited to perform at the “One World” concert in Central Park, New York, followed by a recital at Carnegie on October 12. It is particularly worth mentioning that Lang Lang’s world tour also includes a concert in Dubai and a performance at the opening ceremony of the World Expo in Dubai on September 30, which is of special significance. Also affected by the epidemic, the Dubai World Expo has been postponed for one year. This is also the first World Expo held in the Middle East. Lang Lang will use the opening ceremony of the World Expo to once again show the image of China to the world.
Just as on September 3rd not long ago, Lang Lang was awarded the “Beijing International Music Industry Conference Propaganda Ambassador” on the Badaling Great Wall, and he performed passionately “I Love You China”, which is already one of the best in the world. Scroll of artistic morality and spirituality presented by influential Chinese artists.
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