Lang Lang lends his ear to Harvard
Not even a very unseasonable nor’easter could keep almost 800 classical piano devotees from packing Sanders Theatre on the afternoon of Oct. 29. The reason? Superstar Lang Lang was in the house — not to perform (that would happen the day after, at Boston’s Symphony Hall), but to teach. Or, as he put it soon after he hit the stage, to “engage in a heart-to-heart conversation through music.” Hailed by The New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet,” the 29-year-old presided over a master class featuring three Harvard undergraduate players. His bespoke, metallic-blue suit may have shouted “rock star,” but his coaching and encouragement of his pupils demonstrated a serious passion for the great works in the piano canon. The master class — sponsored by Harvard’s Office for the Arts’ Learning From Performers program and Celebrity Series of Boston — featured Tania Rivers-Moore ’15, George Fu ’13, and...