David Weininger reviews Lang Lang's recital of this past Sunday afternoon for today's Boston Globe:
"It may seem premature to wonder about development or maturity in a musician as young as the 24-year-old pianist. But his ascent to the top of the music world has been exceptionally rapid. If proof were needed, it lay in the fact that Sunday's recital was his second in Symphony Hall, a place only the upper echelon of recitalists can fill. Now he finds himself too old to be a prodigy, much too young to be an elder statesman. That's why it was worth listening for signs of what kind of musician he's becoming."
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He's quite a show, but his music making leaves me cold. Found an interesting interview with Lang Lang on this European press site. They seem to like him a lot over there.
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