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Collaborate with great musicians. Lang lang grew up in an Industrial City in northern china. His father was a tough task master, demanding he practice 8 hours a day. Once even urging his young son to commit suicide. Its kind of a hard thing to even think about it. Its something that. I think the love become too extreme. A child prodigy, his mother stayed home to support the family while lang lang pursued his dreams. I would say thats the most difficult thing for me it was, you know, growing up without my mom next to me. Now lang lang is trying to bring classical notes into the lives of children through his International Music foundation. We believe music can make people happier, to make the kids more creative. One of his earliest inspirations. The cartoon musicians tom and jerry. So its really cool when you see, you know, tom try to catch him like. [plays discordant piano sounds]. I sat down with lang lang at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music in new york city. Youve just come from

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