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“Number One” was a expression my daddy—and, for example, my mom—repeated again and again. It was a expression spoken by my parents’ friends and by their friends’ children. Whenever parents discussed the fantastic Chinese language painters and sculptors from the early dynasties, there was always a single artist known as as Number One. There was the main leader of an manufacturing plant, the main worker, the main scientist, the main car mechanic. Within the culture of my youth, being best was everything. It was the target that drove us, the inspiration that gave life interpretation. Of course, if, by chance or fate or the blessings of the generous world, you were a kid in whom skill was evident, Number One became your mantra. It became mine. I never begged my parents to remove the pressure. I accepted it; I even liked it. It was a casino game, this competition among aspiring pianists, and although I might have been timid, I was vivid, even at time five, when faced with a field of rivals.
Created in China to parents whose musical occupations were interrupted by the Cultural Trend, Lang Lang has emerged as one of the greatest pianists of your time. Yet despite his popularity, few in the Western world know of the heart-wrenching journey from his early on youth as a prodigy within an professional city in north China to his difficult years in Beijing to his success today.
Journey of a Thousand A long way documents the remarkable, dramatic report of a family group who sacrificed almost everything—his parents’ relationship, financial security, Lang Lang’s youth, and their reputation in China’s insular classical music world—for the idea in a young boy’s skill. And it shows the devastating and strong marriage between a boy and his daddy, who was willing to visit any span to make his kid a legend.
An engaging, beneficial ethnic commentator who bridges East and Western world, Lang Lang has written more than an autobiography: his publication opens a door to China, where Lang Lang is a ethnic icon, at the same time when the world’s attention will be on Beijing. Written with David Ritz, the coauthor of several bestselling autobiographies, Journey of a Thousand Miles can be an inspiring report that will give readers an gratitude for the courage and sacrifice it takes to accomplish greatness.
