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Lenox (dpa) – The summer season of classical music is inaugurated, and a star returns to the piano: After tendonitis on the left arm and a break of one month, the Chinese pianist [19659002] celebrates Lang Lang in the USA Friday his official return to the stage.
With the opening concert at the Tanglewood Festival in the state of Massachusetts, the 36-year career is expected to pick up speed.
Lang Lang feels good and looks forward to the concert with conductor Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, said a spokeswoman for the pianist of the German news agency. For Thursday, a regular rehearsal was planned. Tanglewood is a kind of summer residence of the Boston Orchestra, the concert hall is located in the open air in the Berkshire County countryside.
The context of the long pause was tendonitis, also known as tendinitis, which is not uncommon in professional pianists. He said that in the spring of 2017, in a "stupid" manner, he practiced with too much pressure a piece of Maurice Ravel when the pain occurred. Several performances have been canceled, including performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Kölner Philharmonie. The pianists sometimes practice seven or eight hours a day.
The maximum play time prescribed medically with the left hand of half an hour a day had been "agonizing" for Lang Lang, but apparently had an effect: At the Andermatt Music Festival in the Swiss Alps, Lang Lang played at the piano last weekend. solo pieces. At Tanglewood, he now wants to play Mozart's 24th Piano Concerto in C minor.
The program of the acclaimed musician should also continue: in August and September, concerts are planned in Switzerland, Amsterdam and USA . After a seven-year contract with Sony, Lang Lang also opted for Universal before his break. In two weeks, recordings for a new album should begin in Beijing.
Tanglewood at the concert
Lang Lang's concert dates
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