His status is so well-known that iconic piano-maker Steinway specially commissioned a Lang Lang-branded piano.
The administrators, some teachers, and an eleven-year-old half-American, half-Chinese pianist named Vanessa waited for Lang Lang.
It is a time that Lang Lang remembers as one of the most difficult in his life.
At home in China, young admirers of Lang Lang's talents mob him, asking for signatures and photos.
Lang Lang's so-called "liberal" approach is partly reflected in his enthusiastic collaboration with American jazz legend Herbie Hancock.
Lang Lang, the international concert pianist, is one example that comes to mind.
All we have is little Lang Lang's willingness to practice day and night.
It's clear that Lang Lang's incredible success story is very much a family affair, for which he feels fortunate.
Reflecting on that time, Lang Lang is grateful he did not attempt suicide.
Lang Lang arrived at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities, the same small, now dingy hall where Ormandy conducted in 1973.
They tour together in addition to Lang Lang's individual concerts and appearances.
Lang Lang and his management team, which is based in New York, have been anticipating this moment for at least three years.
Versace provides his clothes, Adidas has made him limited-edition gold-trimmed sneakers and Shanghai Tang have come out with a special Lang Lang scarf.
On each trip comes an entourage of mom, dad, managers and media, all promoting "The Lang Lang Effect" to the maximum extent possible.
Whatever his detractors say, With his stardom established, Lang Lang is now making it his mission to spread his love of classical music.
Mr Benn's personal highlight was pianist Lang Lang performing on the floating stage on the lake on Sunday morning, which he described as "extraordinary".
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For a year or two after the Ravinia Festival, Lang Lang kept faith with the critics, even as he booked more and more concerts.
Lang Lang's mother says that he could have been more gentle.
Once when Lang Lang came home late from a choral rehearsal where he had been playing piano, his father greeted him in a state of hysteria.
Lang Lang, whose everyday outfit is a black T-shirt, a silvery Versace jacket, jeans, and sneakers of his own design, will be a ubiquitous Olympic presence.
As a child Lang Lang's father pushed him hard to succeed, projecting his own dreams onto his only son -- a product of China's One Child Policy.
That night, Lang Lang, his parents, a few guests, and Eschenbach took a room at the Palm Springs club, tucked away in a posh apartment building, for dinner.
Cut to Lang Lang, in his red tuxedo, pounding away at the piano, head thrown back, lifting his right hand in a gesture of ecstasy, while the masses applaud.
This year he founded the Lang Lang International Music Foundation to inspire young children to play and is hoping to take time off from concerts to devote to teaching.
It has propelled Lang Lang to the very top of his profession, touring at a frenetic pace and collaborating with his musical hero, Herbie Hancock, in a jazz-meets-classical concert series.
Lang Lang is a superb, evolving musician, but he does not earn the money he does because he is better than, say, Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich, or, in truth, a dozen others.
At the age of nine, Lang Lang gained a place at the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing and moved there with his father, who quit his job to concentrate on his child prodigy's career.
Classical pianist Lang Lang thumped out "Rhapsody In Blue, " before tenor Alfie Boe segued "O Sole Mio" into "It's Now Or Never, " jiving on the spot for the latter in a matter unbecoming of most opera singers.
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