The pianist has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing where he was harshly treated as a boy. It’s the first Hon. Dr. ever granted by the CCM, a creeping sign of bad western habits.
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I think it is very decent of Lang Lang not to name and shame in his autobiography the teacher who treated him so cruelly – I hope she is ashamed of herself.
Lang Lang has learned enough music, and knows enough about music, to fulfill the requirements for a score of performance doctorates. If only all doctoral candidates were at his level!
A Honorary Doctor is supposed to teach honorary students. If you are a double Honorary Doctor, you have to leach twins.
Give it all a rest , the truth of the matter is that in the scheme of things Lang Lang does
not matter one bit neither does the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing .
Why do you think the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing does not matter? What does it take for an educational institution to matter?
Because it is just a prep school for the more established music schools in the west in training musicians in classical genre.
OK, but aren’t prep schools important?
It must be some prep school, given the sheer mass and quality of pianists coming from that area of the world
Means nothing …unless scurrying up and down a keyboard or fingerboard with a
certain degree of accuracy is considered an art form .
After having endured a number of colleagues with doctorates over many years (and having had to rectify some of their academic stuff-ups) I’m beginning to wear my ‘Mr King’ as a badge of honour.
Bravo Dr. Lang Lang! You WERE inspired by this teacher! Harsh treatment from a teacher often feeds inborn genius! We LOVED your performance in Edinburgh and hope you will return to make us cry again soon!