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Lang Lang performs with the London Symphony Orchestra in Beijing

China’s master pianist Lang Lang   will perform with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) in    Beijing during the LSO’s second visit to China on April 19 and 20.

The performances will take place as part of the LSO’s Rolls Royce-backed Far Eastern Tour. Joining Lang Lang, whose skills are gaining in respect worldwide, in star billing are conductor Daniel Harding and violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann.

The LSO, established in 1905, is one of the top five orchestras in the world and the only British orchestra to hold an annual residency at the Lincoln Center in New York. The orchestra’s pioneering spirit was strong even in its early years: it was the first British orchestra to travel abroad when it visited Paris in 1906. Afterward, it became the first to visit the United States (1912), Israel (1960) and Japan (1963). The LSO Live orchestral label is one of the best known in the world and regularly ranks No. 1 on the classical downloads charts on iTunes. Via recordings the Orchestra can reach a global audience of millions. It played for films such as Star Wars: Revenge of the Sixth and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and it is heard and seen via radio, television, the movies, computer games, on planes, in elevators and just about anywhere where music can be heard.

Harding is considered one of the brightest of a new generation of world-class conductors. He became the youngest conductor at the BBC Promenade Concerts in 1996. Lang Lang was the first Chinese pianist engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and several top US orchestras. Violinist Zimmermann’s engagements, both orchestral and recital, have taken him to major concert venues and international music festivals worldwide.

LSO’s first visit to China in 2003 made a record high ticket office for 1.2 million yuan (US$150,000) for a single performance.

Time: April 19–20

Venue: Poly Theatre, 14 Dongzhimen Nandajie

Tel: + 86 10 6501 9478, 6506 5343/5

Admission: 2,200, 1,800, 1,200, 600 and 300 yuan