Lang Lang in France for two dates in Toulouse and Lille
Lang Lang does us the honor of coming to play Bach’s Goldberg Variations for two evenings in France. It is in January 2022 in Lille and Toulouse. He will meet his fans on January 10, 2022 in Toulouse at La Halle aux Grains, and on January 24, 2022 in Lille at the Nouveau Siècle.
Bach’s Goldberg Variations are undoubtedly one of the masterpieces in musical history. Chinese pianist Lang Lang began exploration over twenty years ago, and the latter recorded the year for Deutsche Grammophon. He likes to say that this program is the result of a long personal journey, the project of a lifetime. Bach’s Goldberg Variations represent one of the most remarkable masterpieces in the history of classical music. Lang Lang began exploring there for over twenty years and presents this album as the result of a long personal journey. This marks a whole new stage in the artistic development of the pianist: the project of a lifetime.
Faced with this monumental and intimidating score, Lang Lang has, despite his exceptional technical resources, resourced with humility from baroque specialists. On the record his Goldberg Variations – he offers two versions – lose their haughty distance. His enthusiasm also opens up new horizons to as many people as possible. At the risk of giving in to a romanticism that is a little too danceable.
To tackle this pianistic monument, one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire of his wide variety of styles, Lang Lang explains in the interview that he drew on his past as a child prodigy. ” I played so much Bach when I was little“, He recalls, explaining that he was already playing the 30 Variations at the age of 10 and that he understood them entirely by heart at the age of 17:” memorizing them was not so difficult, because I started early“, He sums up.
But until now, Lang Lang didn’t feel ready to record these famous variations: “ I have never worked so long on a work“. Indeed, for Lang Lang, the important thing is not simply to know the score, but to appropriate the music, to understand it deeply until it becomes part of the performer.
Two exceptional dates in France, January 10, 2022 in Toulouse at La Halle aux Grains, and January 24, 2022 in Lille at the Nouveau Siècle. You can reserve your place here
An excerpt from Lang Lang performing the Goldberg Variations: