The
discography
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of
classical pianist
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...
Lang Lang
Lang Lang (; born 14 June 1982) is a Chinese pianist who has performed with leading orchestras in China, North America, Europe, and elsewhere. Active since the 1990s, he was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, ...
includes nine
studio albums
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, four
live albums
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, one
single
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
, one
compilation
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**Compilation error
**Compilation unit
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*Compilation thesis
M ...
, two
soundtracks
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, and three contributions to releases not under his name. His first album was released in 2000 under
Telarc International Corporation
Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner (recording engineer), Jack Renner and Robert Woods (producer), Robert Woods. ...
. In 2003, he signed a contract with
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
and released several albums with them. In February 2010, Lang Lang signed with
Sony Classic.
Lang Lang has recorded two soundtracks, including the score by
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has won many awards, including two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' and ''The Shape of Water'', ...
for the 2007 movie ''
The Painted Veil''. He has contributed to several albums of other musicians, including
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fro ...
's
greatest hits
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album, ''
The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere''. For the piece "Time for Dreams," on his 2008 album ''Dreams of China'', Lang Lang collaborated with German
electronica
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musician
Christopher von Deylen
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.
While Lang Lang has also worked with singers like Taiwanese R&B star
Jay Chou
Jay Chou ( zh, t=周杰倫, s=周杰伦, poj=Chiu Kia̍t-lûn, p=Zhōu Jiélún, first=t, w=Chou Chieh-lun; born January 18, 1979) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, record producer, rapper, actor, and television personality. Dubbed the " King ...
and Chinese folk singer
Song Zuying
Song Zuying (; born August 13, 1966) is a Chinese classical/folk singer.
Early life
Song was born in Guzhang County, part of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan. She is of Miao ethnicity, and studied at the Department of Music a ...
, none of these collaborations have been published.
Lang Lang has achieved considerable commercial and critical success. His albums have ranked on ''
Billboard
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'' charts, including the
Top Classical Albums
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chart.
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
Compilations
Soundtracks
Contributions
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