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Considered by the New York Times as the hottest artist on the classical music planet, 25-year-old Lang Lang has played sold out recital and concerts in every major city in the world and is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and all the top American orchestras. He has worked with the worlds best orchestras under the most renowned conductors, including Maestros Ashkenazy, Barenboim, Chailly, Sir Colin Davis, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Gergiev, Jansons, Levine, Mehta, Maazel, Welser-Mst, Muti, Nagano, Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Salonen, Slatkin, Temirkanov and Tilson-Thomas. Lang Lang has crossed continents several times during 2007 and performed in numerous cities around the world. Notably, in the summer of 2007, Lang Lang performed open-air concerts to tens of thousands of people, including at Berlins famous Waldbhne, where he performed with Maestro Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskaeplle. At the invitation of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Lang Lang performed a Piano Concerto commissioned in memory of the Queen Mother and recently appeared as part of Great Britains Royal Variety Show that was attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and broadcast to 13 million people. Earlier, in the fall, he performed 10 piano concertos to mark the 10th anniversary of the Beijing International Festival as well as the 20th anniversary of his stage appearance and performed at the opening concert for the Rome Film Festival. On December 8th, 2007, Lang Lang was the guest soloist at the Nobel Prize Concert held in Stockholm on, which was attended by the Nobel Laureates and members of the Royal family. Performance highlights in 2008 include the New Years Eve opening of the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing with Seiji Ozawa, a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic around the closing of the Euro Cup in front of the Schnbrunn Palace, an open-air tour including concerts in New Yorks Central Park, the Hollywood Bowl, Chicagos Ravinia Festival, Dresden and Hamburg. For the Vienna Philharmonics 2008 New Years Eve concert broadcast he introduced the performance of the Chinese gallop, Op. 20 by Johann Strauss. Most recently, Lang Lang performed at the 50th Anniversary Grammy Awards dueling pianos with Herbie Hancock and broadcast live to 17.5 million viewers. He will also participate in a special concert with Cecilia Bartoli in winter 08 honoring Maria Malibran, has a 12-city U.S. recital tour that includes a concert at Carnegie Hall as part of their Great Artists Series and a tour to the past Summer Olympic cities with the China Philharmonic. Later in the year he will perform as well a solo recital at the London Proms. Lang Lang began playing piano at the age of 3, won the Shenyang competition and gave his first public recital at the age of 5. When he was 9 he entered Beijings Central Music Conservatory. He went on to win first prize at the Tchaikovsky International Young Musicians Competition and played the complete 24 Etudes of Chopin at the Beijing Concert Hall at 13. At 17, Lang Langs break into stardom came when he was called upon for a dramatic last-minute substitution at the Gala of the Century where he played the