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SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2010 SEASON FEATURING UNIQUE PAIRINGS, ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS AND INSTRUMENTAL VIRTUOSITY Highlights include Wilco, Wynton Marsalis, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Wilco Tickets are now on sale for the 2010 Savannah Music Festival , which runs from March 18 through April 3. Opening with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ...

Chinese pianist Lang Lang said Tuesday he feels honored that he will perform for President Barack Obama when he collects his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this week.

The New York Times calls Lang Lang the "hottest artist on the classical music planet." The 27-year-old, concert pianist has performed in every major city in the world and his passion for classical is the driving force behind the Lang Lang International Music Foundation for Children.

Lang Lang , that famed piano superstar , is at the ripe age of 27 now, and over the hill, so to speak, in Wunderkind years.

To hear Sergei Rachmaninoff's music is too peep into his soul. Deep in the throes of depression, the Russian composer literally sank himself into his compositions, painting dark anguished notes that somehow always rose above the despair.

UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassadors have joined in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by appearing in public service announcements meant to draw attention to the groundbreaking international human rights covenant.

Today Carrie Prejean, former Miss California. Good Morning America Stephen King, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood.

After a stellar first year, a surprise visit in September from a bona-fide superstar , and a successful concert to begin his second season, Maestro Nir Kabaretti has prepared the Santa Barbara Symphony to present some very adventurous contemporary works in the months to come in 2009-10 at the Granada.

In the new world order, anyone who is China's biggest musical superstar comes this close to being the world's biggest musical superstar as well.

The Savannah Music Festival, which runs March 18 through April 3, takes the big tent approach.

He is the rock star of the classical world. And when 27-year-old Lang Lang plays the piano on Wednesday with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum, expect the kind of roaring crowd appreciation youa d experience at a U2 concert.

The two huge screens that greeted concertgoers as they took their seats last week for an Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performance, conducted by Zubin Mehta and featuring pianist Lang Lang, aroused curiosity and skepticism.

Lang Lang The Assad Brothers will perform with Roby Lakatos Ensemble on March 19 at the Lucas Theatre.

Music Hall was packed to the rafters, the crowd was festive, and there was a crush of fans with cameras flashing to get the soloist's autograph in the lobby.

When the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opens a season for the 115th time, they don't go halfway.

For the first time in five years, Music Hall is sold out for a classical concert.

Chinese pianist Lang Lang will give a special performance at an event by UNICEF in Tokyo's Odaiba district on Sept.

Classical music fans may want to stow the barbecue gear, because the concert season has arrived with a long weekend of its own.

Is it the biggest and best fall arts and entertainment season ever? Maybe, many things considered.

Things have already gotten off to a flying start with Lang Lang's appearance last Saturday with the Santa Barbara Symphony.