A Well-Traveled Lang Lang Returns Home for Only Philadelphia Appearance of the Season at Kimmel Center on April 18
March 28, 2006
This performance is the last of three concerts in the piano section of Kimmel Center Presents’ Master Musicians series. Upcoming performances in the string and vocal section of the series includes Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman on Sunday, April 23, 2006 at 2pm; Dmitri Hvorostovsky on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 8pm; and The Philadelphia Singers on Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 3pm.
Regular tickets for Lang Lang are $69, $60, $52, $45, and $40, and Keyboard Side tickets are $79, $70, $62, $52, and $45. Both types of tickets can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply) For group sales call 215-893-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning 2.5 hours prior to evening performances and 11:30am for matinees.
23-year-old Lang Lang is an accomplished artist who was the first Chinese pianist to play with the Berlin Philharmonic and as well as with all of America’s “Big Five” orchestras. Lang Lang began his official study of the piano at the age of three with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music. He later studied in Beijing with Professor Zhao Ping-Guo, and then came to Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute to study with Gary Graffman. Today he is an internationally renowned sensation who is not only talented in his dexterity and expression but also stunning in his sense of showmanship. The youngest Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, Lang Lang has received musical distinctions as the recipient of the first-ever Gold Medallion on the occasion of Steinway’s 150th anniversary, the first recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival in 2002, and the winner of 2004 Pennsylvania Governor’s Artist of the Year Award.
Lang Lang’s most recent recording, Memory, is a studio recital album with a handpicked collection of music closely linked to his childhood. Memory reflects Lang Lang’s journey from child prodigy to international pianist in his own right, grouping works by Mozart, Chopin, and Schumann that shaped Lang Lang’s experience as a budding musician in China.
This recital marks Lang Lang’s fourth appearance on a Kimmel Center Presents concert. He has done two previous recitals and appeared with his father, Lang Guoren, at the Center’s first Summer Solstice Celebration in June 2002.
Kimmel Center Presents’ 2005/2006 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Sovereign Bank, The American Express Company, Verizon Foundation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The William Penn Foundation. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte and Southern Wine and Spirit. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Master Musicians
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 | 8pm
Verizon Hall
Lang Lang, piano
Mozart, Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat major, K.333
Schumann, Fantasie for piano in C major, Op.17
Traditional, 3 Traditional Chinese Works
Granados, Goyescas, H.64
Liszt, Isoldens Liebestod: Schlußszene aus Tristan und Isolde
Transcription for piano (after Wagner), S.447
Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody for piano No.6 in D flat major, S. 244/6
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