Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Lang Lang, Ma Sicong, Yuja Wang, Li Jinhui, Ma Xiaohui, Chen Yi, Chen Zhi, Zhang Chu, Di Xiao, Zhou Long, Xian Zhang, Li Xiangting, Xuefei Yang, Liu Fang, Chen Jiafeng, Gao Hong, Dou Wei, Xie Jingxian, Wu Di, Erkin Abdulla, Wang Fei, Zhou Yi, Li Jie, Liao Zilan, He Yong, Han Mei, Yin Zheng, Gao Xiaosong, Wu Man, Liu Yuan, Liu Yijun, Liu Weishan, Liu Qichao, Muhai Tang, Yang Liu, Su Meng, Lu Wencheng, Wang Jian, Wang Luobin, Cheng Yu, Dilber, Lu Siqing, Zou Lunlun, Anna Guo, Guan Pinghu, Zeng Chengwei, Wang Yameng, Zhang Dingyuan, Gao Qi, Bian Liunian, Min Xiaofen, Chen Shanshan, Wang Changyuan, Du Yinjiao, Wu Jinglue, Zhou Xinfang, He Xuntian, Jiang Tian, Lin Di, Liu Dehai, Lin Youren, Qin Chuan, Zha Fuxi, Wu Zhaoji, Peng Xiuwen, Gong Yi, Yu Long, Zhou Jiannan, Li Xiaoyun, Christiaan Virant. Excerpt: Lang Lang (Chinese: pinyin: Lang Lǎng), born June 14, 1982, in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, is a Chinese concert pianist, currently residing in New York. He is well known around the world for his concert appearances. Lang Lang was born in Shenyang, China, and is of Manchu ethnicity. Lang Lang's father Lang Guoren (郎国任) is also a famous musician who specializes in the Chinese instrument erhu. At the age of two, Lang Lang watched the Tom and Jerry episode The Cat Concerto which features the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt. According to Lang Lang, this first contact with Western music is what motivated him to learn piano. He began lessons with Professor Zhu Ya-Fen at age three. At the age of five, he won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition and performed his first public recital. When Lang Lang was nine years old, he was near his audition for Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music, and, having difficulties with his lessons, was expelled from his piano tutor's studio for lack of talent. His music...