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.

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If you prefer your music to have a pounding four-to-the-floor beat then head to the cavernous Berghain in Friedrichshain, where techno-heads party with hedonistic abandon.

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Richard is pounding the table about interest rates, which he thinks will head north in a hurry in the second half of the year.

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