Lang Lang is a Chinese pianist who has performed with major orchestras around the world and appeared at many leading concert halls. Active since the 1990s, he was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and many of the top American orchestras. In 2000, 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 Lang after a performance at the 2010 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos
Lang Lang and singer Katharine McPhee perform at the National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C., United States, 24 May 2009
Lang Lang performing at the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
Lang Lang at the opening of the 2010 Chopin Year in Warsaw
The Niohuru were a prominent Manchu clan during the Qing dynasty. The clan had inhabited the Changbai Mountains since as early as the Liao dynasty. The clan was well known during the Qing dynasty for producing a variety of consorts of all ranks for emperors, several of whom went on to become mothers to reigning emperors. Prominent people who belonged or trace heritage to the Niohuru clan including famed Manchu warrior Eidu, his son the high official Ebilun, the Empress Dowager Ci'an, the infamous corrupt official Heshen, the contemporary concert pianist Lang Lang and Lang Tsuyun, Taiwanese TV, movie and stage actress, singer and producer.
Heshen, a powerful official of the Qianlong era in the Qing dynasty, was of the Niohuru clan
Prince consort Zhalafeng'a, a husband of Princess Shouxi of the Second Rank, a daughter of the Daoguang Emperor
Empress Xiaozhaoren in court dress
Empress Xiaoshengxian in court dress, by Giuseppe Castiglione