Renowned pianist Lang Lang plays
at Bob Carr, Orlando
Mar 27, 2010
Photo by Gary Lau
For almost all my life, I have been exposed to the world
of music. At the age of five, I started learning violin and at
age eight, I learned the piano. Therefore, when I heard that
a Youtube piano competition was held to win two free tickets
to Lang Lang’s concert, I was very interested. A week later,
I surprisingly found out that I was one of the three winners
to receive free tickets to the concert and an opportunity to
meet Lang Lang. On the date of the concert, I was very
excited to meet Lang Lang. However, I would never know
that this was a very memorable experience that taught me
how to express music in performance.
Lang Lang played three pieces: Prokofiev, Mozart, and
Brahms. It was amazing to see how he moved with the music
before and after he played the music. He seems like an
architect who shapes the music into his own unique way.
He does this by showing his emotion through total body expression
to the music. In his final music, Lang Lang literally
jumped up from his seat.
Although Lang Lang did not show up at the VIP reception,
I have learned the importance of playing music. My
observation on Lang Lang made me realize that the emotion
part of the music is more important than its technical aspects.
Of course, the technical part of the music is essential
for the makeup of the piece but the emotional part is what
displays the character, soul and life of the music.
I am glad that I have this opportunity to attend Lang
Lang’s concert.
By Hans Lau
Hans is a 16 years old violin player with Florida Symphony Youth
Orchestra (FSYO) for five seasons. Currently he is the Assistant Principle
Second Violins in its Symphonic Orchestra. He loves playing various instruments
including piano, saxophone and Xbox Rock Band.
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I went to Lang Lang’s concert last night. Although Lang
Lang only played a solo for 15 minutes, I could see his fingers
fly over the keys of the piano. When the dynamics were
piano, he played the notes delicately. When the dynamics
were forte, he accented the notes and precisely articulated
them. Looking at Lang Lang, I could see that he enjoys music
a lot. When Lang Lang was not playing,
his body still
moved to the beat of the music. When Lang Lang was playing
with strong passion, he almost jumped out of his chair.
When he finished that
solo piece, the audiences, including
me, were so excited
and applauded with screams.
I think that Lang Lang practiced at least six hours a day.
Lang Lang is a piano genius. I could see from Lang Lang
that every piece of music contains a hidden
story inside of it.
I have bought Lang Lang’s book called Journey of a Thousand
Miles. In the book, it described how Lang Lang pushed
himself really hard since
his father has sacrificed a lot for his
musical career. With the support of his family, the encouragement
of his classmates and
teachers, and of course his perseverance,
Lang Lang was able to
fulfill his dreams. As a piano and
violin player,
I have learned a lot
from listening and reading about
Lang Lang.
By Frank Lau
A 8th grader who has learned piano since age
five and violin at six,
now is with Philharmonia
Orchestra at Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra
playing violin. He has been with FSYO for
four seasons.
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