Lang Lang is one of the world's greatest concert pianists.
His first contact with western music was when he was just two years old.
He watched a cartoon in which a cat played a famous pieceby Franz Liszt.
From this experience, he decided he wanted to learn to playthe piano.
When he was three and half years old, he started piano lessons.
Two years later he won first place in a piano competition.
This early success gave his father high hopes that LangLang would become a great pianist.
When Lang Lang was nine years old, his father quit his job and took him to Beijing.
They left everything behind, including his mother who had to work.
Lang Lang didn't want to leave her behind, but his father insisted.
His father wanted him to study at the famous Central Conservatory of Music.
When they moved to Beijing, they rented a flat in a poorarea of the city.
During this time, Lang Lang practiced for several hours aday.
He started practicing at 5 o'clock, which upset his neighbors.
They would often pound on his door and ask him to stop practicing.
They were so angry that he often feared that they would beat him up.
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