Hailed by no less than the New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet,” Chinese pianist Lang Lang has expanded traditional performance boundaries beyond the usual Bach, Mozart ...

Born in China, Lang Lang began playing music and learning the piano at age 3 after he was inspired by Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,” which he first heard in an animation. “As a young child, ...

Lang Lang is a rarity. He is a classical-music superstar who counts Alicia Keys, Andra Day and Herbie Hancock among his collaborators. The famous Chinese pianist’s albums often stay on the charts for ...