Lang Lang, the first YouTube Symphony Orchestra Ambassador

[lej047]

Haters = Jealous; Untalented; Racist; Stupid.

[Vesivian]

Wow the subtitle feature actually works actually with a chinese -English accent.

[LetzGetBIZET]

Wow, he's reading the orchestral score!

[MrTitanicfanatic2]

Holy crap he has a steinway piano!

[SeeSeeCat]

his english is immaculate.

[zandax]

@SeeSeeCat: it also looks like he is reading from a teleprompter ;)

[SantaClause49]

"so easy to access"

lol he lives in china it's blocked

[Thesenseofdelight]

@SantaClause49

HAHA right=D

[HeliosRietberg]

@SantaClause49 Hong Kong. Get your facts straight.

[SantaClause49]

@HeliosRietberg well actually i'm pretty sure lang lang resides in the us now but it's just a joke wow

[jimqa2]

what music was he playing? Did the orchestra play it?

[klassicify]

I could have mistaken him for Peter Chao when he said 'Youtube' at 2min 16sec

[youming93]

Langlang! you made China proud! Keep it up for all the amazing musics, we- ethe people in China will be always behind you on anything and supporting it. Love you and best of luck!

[Zcoz1]

Lang Lang is a normal asian guy, his nice and a good pianist. But the only problem is...when he plays piano, he jus looks like a retarted

[chris110012]

@Zcoz1

retarded*

[wclmyy]

@Zcoz1

retarded?

=.=

[jacobs06]

is this in one of is homes?

[yesplease91]

ok. this is weird. x_x

[manuelspcool]

Lang Lang is like some Kind of Clown hahaha

[winrx]

Hmm, who would have thought the "goofy oriental guy" would be such an easy sell? Then again, look at William Hung...lolz

[sundew59]

awesome just like lang lang also >> YOUReyanto

[AntiProUltra]

"Internet Symphony"

gaaaaahhhhhh

*runs away screaming*

[lovesGenet]

The color he is capable of .His inspired phrasings.U fools who only notice fast fingers listen and learn from the most inspired Chopin i know of in his op.10 #3etude.Many will seesome of it overdone -perhaps but so honest and alive .Perlemuter was my fave version of this slow etude but LangLang is tops now .He has it all!

[ZsVengeance6661]

ghihihi, dabblu dabblue dabblu ;'D such an awesome guy though ;)

[samcho2010]

If lang lang is a pop star, than lady gaga is a refrigerator.

[cosm47]

@samcho2010 Considering Lady Gaga's fashion tastes, that's not a surprise.

[HaiTranny]

LOL @ SUBTITLES!

[v4liumfrance]

red n black

[SirGlennGould]

I cancelled my subscription to the Berlin Phil after I came to know that he would perform. I cannot accept that a pop star like him with spiky hair and obviously fake, "dancing" exagerated movements on the piano may ruin the reputation of the BP.

He is a pop star and I have nothing against that, appealing to the common folk which always need a skam, well, the classical environment is not made for people like him.

[mantawoman]

Have you read his autobiography? If not - I would suggest giving it a go before passing uninformed opinion on here

[SirGlennGould]

I have, and it is because of the personal opinion given me by many of my chinese peers that I have come to these conclusions.

[brassmonkeyjew]

He's a great orator! Talks better then most of our politicians! he would have my vote. Lang Lang for president!

[callenishss]

ahh today is the age of satire and parody

[cammywatt95]

stop hating on lang lang already he's got buckets more enthusiasm than you HATERS

[FLaminOfaza]

cool hair

[kczapper]

I love Lang Lang. Period.

[ms2lovesme]

is this him room?

[josette1955]

bravissimo !!! cher maitre je suis une de vos plus grandes admiratrice et je vous remercie encore de votre grande virtuosité*************10

[anonymousQ45]

nice apartment

[KantutJuice]

Here's probably the right answer for you guys. His name..朗朗 is in 3rd sound. (bare in mind the first 1 is 2nd since both of em r 3rd.) His name means like...Bright. 朗诵 is to read out clearly. 朗月 is a clear bright moon. 朗 is used to describe a sound that is clear and bright.

So i guess he's lived up to his name. Look at him now, Under that spotlight. 朗朗加油！！！

[KantutJuice]

Ah...And of course i forgot to add. 开朗...I guess thats happy, cheerful. But i think he was named more from the deeper meanings i put below.

[XiaShiGua]

Hehehe XD why use !!! half chinese half english :P.. thats ish soo annoying :P.. oh well i can read :D

and i'm half white :O

[chankwaichoi1]

@KantutJuice his name ACTUALLY is 郎朗,not 朗朗.郎is the surname.It means a male.However,the rest of ur answer about 朗 was correct.Funny enough,there was a HK movie in which his name was parodised.U see Jackie Chan's son is quite famous now as an actor.He played the leading role in the movie.And his pet-name to his lover was 'Long Long'.That's the 'parodised' pronunciation of 郎朗 in Cantonese,since in HK 'Long Long' means & sounds like a bell,but could also mean the scrotum.Imagine how the balls...

[llethaface]

the theme song sounds patriotic chinese

[LadyBeth24]

brilliant...I look forward to him coming to Nashville...lovely music

[lordelord1]

Cheap worthless talk, td, you are overrated by youself. I bet you can never copy any piece of music in your miserable life.

[nmbanana]

@lordelord1 probably the most true statement known man

i think you should earn a noble piece prize

[YifeiShi]

excuse me?

[heslop01]

I didn't know that! :D

Merry as I know it is kuàilè

I know "Lang" has a lot of meanings, but if I think rightly his name is the 1st tone, which I know as being lāng which I know translates as " clatter " ... lol :S

[YifeiShi]

He has a funny voice.

[hugh0221]

...and an enjoyable accent.

[stagesix6]

his father told him once to kill himself... think about it...

[cirro1]

"Let's hear a little bit of his music" BOOM BOOOM BAAANNNGGGG!!!!!

Funny :)

[asjesus100]

very good!

[RCAMPOMAS]

Nice Theme song.

[lokopiano]

The HEMORROID circus pianist.

lokopiano

[wasitrealy]

WTF, you don't have to turn your language but with HTML!

[lokopiano]

Uhmmm excuse my ignorance im terms of internet acronysms.

So explain me what is "WTF"

lokopiano

[LadyBeth24]

it means what the fuck...

[vivianeb90]

I think I once borrowed a CD of his from the library... I liked the first song really really a lot, but the rest was just ok.

[Konoharoxas]

LANG LANG!!! FTW!

[poisenman6]

rofl! they are OLDEEEEEEEERRRRRR?!!

1:14

[J4YM5]

please take atlantige and gennewolft

[lefeverthierry]

I think You Tube is the best internet communication and sharing site there is.

Thanks a lot !

[Tomlipiano]

NO WAY YOU GO TO THAT WEBSITE TOO?!

[kittym2007]

Thank you, nice video !

[szpilman2008]

Great!!!!!!

[custardedcow]

happy face rofl

[chelikay]

Heyyy!..... I know him. I do have one of my Favorite Beijing 08 Olympics clip. playing a piano with that little girl. Check it out on my Channel. (Bird nest) That's what I call HD.

[rastayogi10]

"jite fa ya own ho"

"right from your own home"

lmao!

[HabTasianet]

You try speaking Japanese then!

[rastayogi10]

um.........I see someone has no sense of humor :S

[HabTasianet]

I wasn't meant to be funny

[rastayogi10]

um...........I think I missed the part where that is my problem!

the comment box is your opinion on the video uploaded, I posted mine so now PISS OFF!

[pescaboy]

Isn't he chinese?

I really don't know!

[TrueDiligence]

yea he is.

[sqirtoyocp]

he is. lang lang is a chinese name...i know cuz im chinese xD

[justblissful]

Lang lang is very talented in what he does and just looking at him play i could tell he is very passionate and loves what his doing. I disagree with all the haters, i think he is great. Although the song does not appeal to me, i think gathering an orchestra on the internet around the world is a wonderful thing.

[myacnt8999]

is langlang the best pianist in asia?

[ivanli08]

yes

in my opinion anyway

[ldy900402]

nah, he is really awesome but can't say the best, I would say one of the best.

[On1y1Ch1na]

hes best piano player in china and the whole world. hes like yo yo ma except lang lang plays the piano

[thenoobmanchan]

yundi li of course..

[eligarf]

its a great development

but YT, can you consider allowing longer videos for musicians since many pieces can not possible fit in the 10 minute time constraint (unless we hyperwarp the speed). for example all the classical symphonies, sonatas, etc.

Please consider a way to allow it; for example as part of your recent educational commitment!

and why can't we post URLs here in the comment section?

LoVeARThOpeACE,

eLi G., piaNoWARist

[yitingwhy]

he's great!!!

but i love him playing better than talking...hahahaah

[pig0103]

I hope that he could speak chinese (crying~~

[hjsa0217]

wow

[hamsterseatsteak]

Lang is my last name :D....

i'm not asian tho :/

[daisyduckrob]

i am looking foward to the documentary to find out more about this project! wondering who they will be filming and looking forward to website updates! harmonyfilm com

[daisyduckrob]

i dont know any more than the details on their website... hope they update in with details on who they are filming!

[alexthmp]

anyone here has details/knows something about the documentary? harmonyfilm com

[Converter4Everything]

I saw him feeling the music...

[huseen135]

That was so awsome you play so good thx lang lang but im to young! THanks any way!

[tommyhtc]

whre is the audio

[gogooko]

I am a bit shocked for Lang Lang to represent youtube as there are lot of pianists who have much better facial and body expression than he does when playing the piano. I have no commetns on his music but his over exaggerated body language is distractive to the piece of music he was playing. It's sad that I welcome his music and happy to hear from a talent but I cannot help having goose bump watching him!!! Sorry if that offenses anyone but that's how I react when I see him play.

[AohkShadow]

How can there possibly be an over exaggerated body language? Music is expression, there isn't an exact body language one has to do when playing a piece of music. Also, how can someone have a "better" body expression than another, it doesn't matter how it is expressed on the face, but rather how it is played. Just my opinion.

[gogooko]

Maybe you have never been for acting training and that's why you have this angle in your comments. Also, have you ever been to any dancing performance, can you distinguish between the good and the bad dancers? If you cannot maybe this is the reason you cannot tell whether one is having good or bad body expression!!!

[bassoonfreak102594]

I kinda wish he'd just sit still a bit more and talk. It's distracting how much he moves.

[mfdoombr]

What's up with his hair? Flock of seagulls from the 80's look.

[mfdoombr]

I did not know the guy from Hero's could play the piano. He should quite acting and do this instead. Maybe he could get on America's got talent?

[5132568219]

the guy on Hero's is much more ugly and he wears glasses.

[nnyish]

Well, he sure looks rich.

[efrainplaza7]

who the fuck is this retarded chinese person

[Arkfeller]

A pianist.

[speedfreak3721]

its ur dad

[mfdoombr]

Is this the guy from Hero's?

[jinhuchen1986]

汗。。。

[Fengromm]

this is lang lang u idiot, he is one of the best pianists in the world...

[wwwMyStrangeCom]

Not bad!

[YAWEZcom]

My video was excluded! :(

[raffaninov]

I vote you die

[bigd522524]

This should be cool...

[SouljaBoyFuckinSucks]

YOU RANT WORK ON PROJEKT

[dreamcar100]

be proud of you

[myshuijingqingting]

great planying

[Dokubus]

Great piano playing, but his face at 1:48 was absolutely priceless.

:]

[sfcoco1]

watch " max kd drive"

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

Voting is the greatest thing a human being can do!

[DivaAnnFisher]

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Clear music and clear voices make a better world!!!



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[yylcatherine]

I love you,Lang lang!

[endhairloss]

great pianist, really !

[scottydangerous]

Lang lang is a great pianist.

If you guys enjoy the piano come check out some original music on my channel!

LanG LanG FTMFW?!

[hyanghee9]

Is he appear on the discovery channal? (i'm sorry that i can't speak English well)

[TricksyMagnos]

beautiful...I love it. I wish I knew about this sooner so I could've auditioned...would we get to meet Lang Lang if we got in?

[valvetrom]

Over demonstrative, was he a Rockmusician?

[pianomaddness]

Love this composition! The minor to major changes are fantastic. Ba Ba Ba, BA BA , Ba Ba Ba lol the melody is stuck in my head.

[azerefsane]

go your way i weech you open your way super hay

[Will170392]

there are some really nasty comments about lang lang on youtube - although some are justified, I feel really sorry for him when he reads them, he obviously uses it. Not that his paycheck will diminish as a result though...

[supermannick]

get a life... its only a video and u r relating it to China?

feel sorry for ur parents,. if u have any...

[Tr0Ncc]

shut the FUCK up.

[VFBandi89]

there are much better versions...

[joepeezy17]

can you tell me where cuz i haven't heard any

[cracksegg]

Holy cow..

It's LangLang...

Never expected him to represent YouTube.

[christianmesmar]

this song reminds me of watching the olympics on T.V

[babylonHOPE]

He's Chinese with a strong Mandarin accent. lol, not Thai. Really good

[w0rmslo]

Isn't the internet just amazing? :P

Nice music skills.

[imperialclan]

good song

[Dreifuffzig]

why is there a subtitle? i mean.can only ONE guy dont understand waht hes saying?

[totallymoi]

I don't get it...are you complaining about the lack of subtitles? He's speaking in English, just listen more carefully. =)

[Dreifuffzig]

no! i mean, why are there subtitles? i mean, who CANT understand him lol? i think its good to understand i mean, hes speaking good english

[totallymoi]

But there are no subtitles...unless you mean the website address at the end?

[Dreifuffzig]

lol waht the fuck? cant you see the subtitles on the dge down in in the video?

[totallymoi]

Actually no I can't, that's why I didn't get your first comment.

[Dreifuffzig]

lol?? watch the Barack obama sworn to president from user WhiteHouse there are thze same subtitles

[Dreifuffzig]

oooh activate subtitles in the window in the right down corner

[aprimic]

he sounds like he has thai in him

[block1538]

I <3 how he puts his head up to the ceiling and closes his eyes!!! XD

[Brawlmaster1221]

thts wat i call a dedicated musicial if u ask me. like Beethoven or Mozart. dont they do tht too?

[Chick6517]

What was the song you used in the background? I really liked it. I kept watching it because I wanted to keep listening to the song.

[Pianda]

o.k., your answer doe´s´nt meet exactly my point (the superficial buuuhm, buuuhm refrain that is too simple-bombastic in one), but anyway: good project!

BTW: of course even this music has strong qualities as I found in the video that shows the symph-orch. playing this music.

[Pianda]

I found this page 3minutes ago: a very inviting project, really attractive.

Only:; the composition of Tan Dun sounds rather disappointing (what I heard within this video), superficial emotion, rather poor...don´t hope, all the music sounds like this; if they would at least play sunflowers!

BTW: I´m not in the state to participate, I will only listen and watch

[TheRealShadoninja]

don't worry, it's orchestrated as well.

[Femicide09]

Now that's lolworthy.

[XHUBIUX]

2 dolla suckie suckie

[demosj]

Lang Lang is awesome for searching himself on Youtube. Great to see he supports this.

[feng277394]

So these are the questions that fill an international message... wow.... more like internationally racism!

[bwilliam614]

My cat ran away in fear cause he thinks this gook is gonna eat him.

[aznrocker903]

that's inaccurate... gooks eat dogs

[fungwan2006]

Oh yeah, you "american" moron ? Is it better than your fucking ppl eating live cockroaches and hog shit on shows like Fear Factor, you numb-nut !!!

[washburn909]

you all should just shut up. aznrocker and fungwan.. you guys are doing the same thing he did.

[ratedrsuperstar89]

okay for those who are tellin this guy to go back to w/e country they think he's from (we kno who u all are) get a life. I mean seriously. "Real" americans? technically none of us are "real" americans. so just shut up and enjoy the music.

[d1991930]

he speaks pretty good Enlgish

[animefreak888]

Wow that was amazing =D

[iSAYREY]

I love how there's so much tension in the comments because the ambassador is asian.

You guys, LangLang is a musical genius and arguably the best pianist ever. We're talking music here, not ethnicity or other political crap.

Get a grip an grow up, people. Appreciate music for what it is - it has no cultural barriers.

[BornToWatchTV]

the craziest youtube channel is

PugVegas

[AznKhmerB0i]

He was at the 2008 olympic opening.

[murdoc94305]

Arthur, I have two quick questions to ask you; most importantly, are you a musician yourself? And secondly, do you enjoy spending the majority of your days trolling videos on social websites?

[shady110]

great you dont like get the fuck out

[PhunkyPrincess]

I've seen him LIVE without knowing who he was and loved him! This was many years ago and I am glad he is doing well now.