钢琴家郎朗

It's quite important, actually to have a proper rehearsal right before the concert tonight.

I played my first concert at Carnegie when I was 18 years old, and, from that point on, I fell in love with this place, because, I mean, Carnegie Hall!

When they write about you, they write things like " More MTV than Mozart，" 、More Bon Jovi than Beethoven, " " If Jerry Lewis was a classic pianist, he'd be Lang Lang."

Do all these things rest easy with you? Are they accurate when they write those kinds of things?

I don't think so. I mean, first of all, that it's nice to hear something, you know, fresh or something different than the normal image of a classical musician.

But I am playing Beethoven, and I am playing Mozart.

Well, but why would they write that kind of thing?

Why do you think they have this image of you?

I don't really know, but maybe I don't play like what they normally expect.

Can you explain what happens to you when you get up on stage, when you perform?