Backstage with the pianist who has been called “the hottest classical artist on the planet” – Lang Lang. Featuring a rare appearance by his mom, speaking in Mandarin with such emotion that her son’s translations are barely necessary.
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He signed Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow, Alicia Keys, Patti Smith, to name a few. He tells me: “I didn’t specialize… I approached music just being open to what moved me.”
As a child raised in a strict Baptist community, he was directed, with a red leather Bible in hand, to find lost souls and save them. Some upbringing for one of the great horror film directors.
Tyrese tells me how he “dreamed beyond the reality I was living in.” Rev Run, a founding father of Hip Hop, shares how his highest moment became his lowest. Both have something to teach us.
How a child with leg braces grew up to become a dancer, choreographer, and the Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.