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Lang Lang and Papa Lang

Seeing Lang Lang twice this season at Carnegie Hall brought to mind a remarkable clip from his Carnegie appearance back in November 2003 — a piano-erhu duo with his father that has since become an occasional set-piece. For all the childhood-obliterating pressure Lang Guoren put his son through—recounted by the latter, corroborated by the former—their […]

Twelve of one

Saw a TV commercial the other day for this ensemble which I found mildly disturbing. Maybe because the sight of such synchronized strummings and smiles is bound to fire up some Asian-fetishist’s duodecuplet fantasy; maybe because those who order the Eastern Energy CD/DVD (officially released today and already scoring a sales rank of 15 on […]