Please note: Unfortunately, Christian Thielemann is unable to conduct the concert due to illness. Thankfully, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has agreed to conduct the concert at short notice. Due to the change in the line-up, the programme for the second half of the concert will also change. The tickets remain valid.
An interviewer recently asked Lang Lang what his thoughts were about the word genius. The pianist answered that he thought nothing of it, adding that he was happy first and foremost to be a musician and to perform masterpieces from past and present for concert audiences. Lang Lang’s greatest aim in any concert, he went on, was to make a connection with the audience through music – to elicit emotions and to give something that people would remember. It’s nearly three years since Lang Lang gave his last solo recital in Hamburg. With a well-balanced programme of Gabriel Fauré, Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin, he will once again do the honours in the Grand Hall of the Elbphilharmonie.
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