I thank you for that." We leave you with these words from another one of the friends, Nancy Lang.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

"Auld Lang Syne," by the eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns, is a song about friends and remembering times long ago.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Another climber,John Lang, suggested Bachar free-solo an area called Double Cross, in Joshua Tree National Park,California.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

His status is so well-known that iconic piano-maker Steinway specially commissioned a Lang Lang-branded piano.

CNN: 'The Lang Lang Effect:' Piano megastar's global impact

The administrators, some teachers, and an eleven-year-old half-American, half-Chinese pianist named Vanessa waited for Lang Lang.

NEWYORKER: The Olympian

It is a time that Lang Lang remembers as one of the most difficult in his life.

CNN: Lang Lang: The most popular pianist on the planet