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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
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GRIEGHALLEN GRIEGSALEN
DATE / TIME Thursday 01 June at 19:30
DURATION 2:10 including interval
TICKET Standard : 250 – 800 Under 30 : 150
Festival Card : 30 % discount
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Introduction ( in Norwegian ) by Annabel Guaita at 18:45 in Grieghallen Foyer
Lang Lang has performed for presidents on three continents and four billion viewers at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing .
Lang Lang was born in 1982 , and has long been considered one of today ’ s greatest stars of classical music . He is well-known for his openhearted , emotive playing , and has played to sold out concerts across the globe .
His list of merits is as long as it is varied : Lang Lang has performed at the 2014 World Cup concert in Rio , at the 56th and 57th Grammy Awards with Metallica and Pharell Williams and the Last Night of the Proms at London ’ s Royal Albert Hall . He has played with conductor Sir Simon Rattle and on Sesame Street , been included in the “ TIME 100 ”, the magazine ’ s annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World , and Steinway Pianos has named a piano model after him . Lang Lang is also passionate about bringing music into the lives of children around the world , whether it is through his work with new media or through his work with various organisations , including his own .
His own first meeting with the world of classical music was a Tom & Jerry cartoon , which introduced him to the music of Liszt . At the Bergen International Festival , one of the works Lang Lang will be performing is Liszt ’ s Piano Sonata in B minor , often considered to be one of the most difficult works ever written for piano .
‘ The hottest artist on the classical music planet may well be the Chinese pianist Lang Lang .’ – THE NEW YORK TIMES
Lang Lang piano
CLAUDE DEBUSSY ( 1862 – 1918 ) Ballade , L . 70
FRANZ LISZT ( 1811 – 1886 ) Piano Sonata in B minor , S . 178
ISAAC ALBENIZ ( 1860 – 1909 ) From Suite Española , op . 47 1 . Granada ( Serenada ) 3 . Sevilla ( Sevillanas ) 2 . Cataluña ( Courante ) 4 . Cádiz ( Saeta ) 5 . Asturias ( Leyenda ) 8 . Cuba ( Notturno )
ENRIQUE GRANADOS ( 1867 – 1916 )
From Goyescas , op . 11 3 . El fandango de candil 4 . Quejas , o La Maja y el ruiseñor
MANUEL DE FALLA ( 1876 – 1946 ) Danza ritual del fuego
Made possible by Yvonne and Bjarne Rieber / Rika AS and Trond Mohn
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