Lang Lang’s Big (Olympic) Bang

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One critic has called him “the J-Lo of the piano.” But next August, the day before the Olympics begin, he gets to carry the torch for 200 meters through the streets of Beijing. No other classical musician in the world — not many pop musicians, either — can compete with that level of celebrity. Of course I’m talking about pianist Lang Lang: here’s a new profile of him.

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