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Lang Lang [Artist]
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Lang Lang was born in Shenyang, China, and he has Manchu ancestry. At the age of two he watched the Tom and Jerry episode The Cat Concerto which features the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt. According to Lang Lang, this first contact with Western music is what motivated him to learn piano. He began lessons with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen at age three. At the age of five, Lang won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition and performed his first public recital. When he was nine years old, Lang Lang neared his audition for Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music, and, havi… read more