Pianist Lang Lang’s concert at Hong Kong Disneyland ‘a dream come true’ for Chinese keyboard virtuoso
- Chinese virtuoso takes to the stage of the Castle of Magical Dreams at Disney theme park to perform a 45-minute open-air concert featuring 14 songs
- Lang Lang, who said he had been wanting to perform there since the park opened in 2005, played songs from Disney films including Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
Pianist Lang Lang braved the winter chill to perform an open-air concert at Hong Kong Disneyland, to the delight of around a thousand fans with tickets and many more outside craning their necks for a glimpse of the Chinese virtuoso.
Playing on the stage of the Castle of Magical Dreams at the theme park on Lantau Island, and flanked by Mickey Mouse and a cast of Disney characters, he romped through a playlist of 14 songs in 45 minutes.
The father of a three-year-old son, Lang Lang, whose first visit to a Disneyland was in Tokyo when he was 13 after he had won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, said playing at the park was “a dream come true”.
He had wanted to play there ever since it opened to visitors in 2005, he said.
“I hope I can play in Hong Kong every year,” he added. “Audiences in Hong Kong know both Western and oriental music well and they respect the arts.”