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THE ART OF BEING A VIRTUOSO

THE ART OF BEING A VIRTUOSO – THE DOCUMENTARY
DUR: 52’ OR 72’, HD, STEREO

Award-winning filmmaker Thomas Grube shares deep insights into a modern virtuoso's life and into the mechanisms of how to fascinate millions of music lovers worldwide. Concert clips from the London "iTunes-Festival" - where Lang Lang was the first classical musician to enter the stage - are the virtuoso's hommage to Franz Liszt on the occasion of his 200 birthday.

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LANG LANG – LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE – THE CONCERT
DUR: 52’/63’, HD, STEREO

The stunning live concert from London’s legendary ROUNDHOUSE, recorded at the iTunes festival in July 2011. LANG LANG performs a remarkable LISZT recital as the only classical music artist in a true rock-star surrounding, next to international pop stars like COLDPLAY, ADELE or LINKIN PARK. Dynamically filmed and directed by THOMAS GRUBE, using dolly, crane and fourteen HD cameras as well as specially created video projections on large LED screens supplemented by an amazing light show, this concert offers a spectacular and unique audiovisual experience, featuring ten of FRANZ LISZT’s finest solo piano pieces.

Including: Franz Liszt's La Campanella, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 “Rákóczy March”, Un sospiro, Ständchen, Consolation No. 2, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, Widmung, Ave Maria (Schubert) and more.

A true virtuoso performance

„A showcase of effusive flurries, sudden shifts of mood and rippling trills sweeping the entire length of the keyboard, all delivered with a restrained but dashing brio.“
Andy Gill, THE INDEPENDENT

„Lang Lang’s glittering career now moves from dubious beginnings to an increasing range and maturity. His stealthy tempo for “La campanella” allows for a super-glitter and articulacy that even the most seasoned pianist might envy, while in “Un sospiro” his relaxed poetry and technique are masterly at every level,...his steam-drill octaves at the close of the „Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody“, his inclusion of Horowitz’s mischievously enhanced version of the Fifteenth and his technical know-how in the First Concerto will send shivers down the spines of many lovers of virtuosity.“
Bryce Morrison, GRAMMOPHONE MAGAZINE

photos | concert: iTunes Festival 2011
photos | documentary: Nicolas Hudak