(Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts; Orlando FL) World-renowned Chinese concert pianist, Lang Lang performed to a sold-out and acoustically perfect Steinmetz Hall within the Dr. Phillips Center Wednesday night.
Tonight's recital featured Lang Lang in recital, without any type of symphonic accompaniment. I was actually a bit surprised when I walked into Steinmetz and saw the beautiful grand piano alone on such a wide stage. I was expecting to see music stands with sheet music on them, and a few dozen foldable chairs for future musicians to sit down onto. I quickly realized that we were going to be treated to the sound of a piano that only what Lang Lang was capable of providing to us.
He was a man of few words, having not said a word to the audience before taking his seat and playing that first Faure arrangement which last 35 solid minutes. He did not say anything before or immediately after his 25 minute intermission in between his Schumann and Chopin sets.
What he did do was he spoke to us through the international language of music, a communication he has been working on for 40 years, despite his young age of only 42.
Through Faure, Lang Lang was able to convey refined interpretations upon delicate textures and sophisticated harmonies. In Schumann, Lang Lang was able to be more expressive with both emotion and imagination. With Chopin, we were treated to a highly expressive 2nd set during which Lang Lang was able to display technical brilliance while concurrently exhibiting emotional depth.
During 90 minutes of memorized recital time, I heard a piano sound magnificent, with delicate technique and powerful explosive force that make his sound exceptionally unique. He was very expressive while he played, oftentimes closing his eyes as his body swayed with the music he was creating. As great of a physical instrument that Steinmetz's piano was, and as much sound as it was able to generate in that perfectly sounding room, Lang Lang's finger and hand gestures would sometimes surpass the boundaries of the physical keyboard before him, as though his body was continuing the melodies beyond this earthly space and time. He was transcended and the music was emanating from his deeper soul.
If Heaven had music playing in the background, I would imagine it would have sounded like this beautiful Hall did as Lang Lang played.
This concert provided us with a fantastic showcase of a sophisticated and genius-level piano virtuoso. It was a beautiful performance, and I was honored to travel with Lang Lang as he brought us with him through that wonderfully immense and deeply talented musical mind of his.
By: Bailey Guinigundo
Tonight's recital featured Lang Lang in recital, without any type of symphonic accompaniment. I was actually a bit surprised when I walked into Steinmetz and saw the beautiful grand piano alone on such a wide stage. I was expecting to see music stands with sheet music on them, and a few dozen foldable chairs for future musicians to sit down onto. I quickly realized that we were going to be treated to the sound of a piano that only what Lang Lang was capable of providing to us.
He was a man of few words, having not said a word to the audience before taking his seat and playing that first Faure arrangement which last 35 solid minutes. He did not say anything before or immediately after his 25 minute intermission in between his Schumann and Chopin sets.
What he did do was he spoke to us through the international language of music, a communication he has been working on for 40 years, despite his young age of only 42.
Through Faure, Lang Lang was able to convey refined interpretations upon delicate textures and sophisticated harmonies. In Schumann, Lang Lang was able to be more expressive with both emotion and imagination. With Chopin, we were treated to a highly expressive 2nd set during which Lang Lang was able to display technical brilliance while concurrently exhibiting emotional depth.
During 90 minutes of memorized recital time, I heard a piano sound magnificent, with delicate technique and powerful explosive force that make his sound exceptionally unique. He was very expressive while he played, oftentimes closing his eyes as his body swayed with the music he was creating. As great of a physical instrument that Steinmetz's piano was, and as much sound as it was able to generate in that perfectly sounding room, Lang Lang's finger and hand gestures would sometimes surpass the boundaries of the physical keyboard before him, as though his body was continuing the melodies beyond this earthly space and time. He was transcended and the music was emanating from his deeper soul.
If Heaven had music playing in the background, I would imagine it would have sounded like this beautiful Hall did as Lang Lang played.
This concert provided us with a fantastic showcase of a sophisticated and genius-level piano virtuoso. It was a beautiful performance, and I was honored to travel with Lang Lang as he brought us with him through that wonderfully immense and deeply talented musical mind of his.
By: Bailey Guinigundo
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