Birthday boy Lang Lang is replaced by a drummer

Birthday boy Lang Lang is replaced by a drummer

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norman lebrecht

June 14, 2017

The Chinese pianist, still suffering from an arm injury, has cancelled upcoming concerts in London and Munich.

The LSO has flown in Leeds winner Denis Kozhukhin in a like-for-like substitution in Bartók’s second Piano Concerto.

Bavarian Radio, more daring by half, has called in the showman percussionist Martin Grubinger for an evening of bang-bang.

 

Lang Lang is 35 today.

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