Lang has performed in major cities and was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic , the Vienna Philharmonic and some top American orchestras . A '' Chicago Tribune '' music critic called him " the biggest , most exciting young keyboard talent I have encountered in many a year of attending piano recitals " . Lang has been praised by musicians and critics around the world — the conductor Jahja Ling remarked , " Lang Lang is special because of his total mastery of the piano ... He has the flair and great communicative power . " National Public Radio 's Morning Edition remarked that " Lang Lang has conquered the classical world with dazzling technique and charisma . " It is often noted that Lang successfully straddles two worlds — classical prodigy and rock-like " superstar " , a phenomenon summed up by '' The Times '' journalist Emma Pomfret , who wrote , " I can think of no other classical artist who has achieved Lang Lang 's broad appeal without dumbing down . " Lang 's performance style was controversial when he stormed into the classical music scene in 1999 . At that time , pianist Earl Wild called him " the J. Lo of the piano . " Others have described him as immature , but admitted that his ability to " conquer crowds with youthful bravado " is phenomenal among classical musicians . His maturity in subsequent years was reported by '' The New Yorker '' : " The ebullient Lang Lang is maturing as an artist . " In April 2009 , when '' Time '' Magazine included Lang in its list of the 100 most influential people , Herbie Hancock described his playing as " so sensitive and so deeply human " , commenting : " You hear him play , and he never ceases to touch your heart . " In 2001 , after a sold-out Carnegie Hall debut with Yuri Temirkanov , he traveled to Beijing with the Philadelphia Orchestra on a tour celebrating its 100th anniversary , during which he performed to an audience of 8,000 at the Great Hall of the People . The same year , he made an acclaimed BBC Proms debut , prompting a music critic of the British newspaper '' The Times '' to write , " Lang Lang took a sold-out Royal Albert Hall by storm ... This could well be history in the making " . In 2003 , he returned to the BBC Proms for the First Night concert with Leonard Slatkin . After his recital debut with the Berlin Philharmonic , the '' Berliner Zeitung '' wrote : " Lang Lang is a superb musical performer whose artistic touch is always in service of the music " . However , recent reviews have been mixed . Lately , a plethora of music critics have protested against too much showmanship ; not enough care ; not enough sensitivity . But audiences continue to adore him . Lang has become one of those artists whose career prospers outside the boundaries of critical approval . The pianist is bemused by the backlash : " You get many good reviews from the beginning , " he says , " and then the critics start criticising you . It 's strange . The things they liked you for first — unique , fresh — they say is great . And then later they say you 're too fresh , too unique . But they 're the same thing ! " Lang was the featured soloist on the Golden Globe winning score of '' The Painted Veil '' and can be heard on the soundtrack of '' The Banquet '' . He has recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon and Telarc labels . . His album of the first and fourth Beethoven piano concertos with the Orchestre de Paris and Christoph Eschenbach debuted at No. 1 on the Traditional Classical Billboard Chart . In 2008 , he was the pianist on Mike Oldfield 's 2008 album '' Music of the Spheres '' . In 2010 , he signed with Sony for a reported $ 3 million . Metallica performed the song One alongside pianist Lang Lang at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014 . In December 2008 , Lang partnered with Google and YouTube in the project YouTube Symphony Orchestra
56th Annual Grammy Awards
56th Annual Grammy Awards
Lang Lang