GRAMMY: Lang Lang Mixes Prokofiev, Bartók with Rock 'n' Roll, Hip-Hop
By Classicalite Newsdesk | Jan 27, 2014 02:25 PM EST
Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang likes to keep things fresh by mixing up the genres from time to time.
Hence, his Grammys mash-up with Metallica.
Who could forget, too, his fingerwork on Coldplay's "Clocks" with 2 Celli?
No, a Chris Martin tune never sounded so good.
And here is a fun new video where Prokofiev and Bartók meet rock 'n' roll and hip-hop.
This follows Lang Lang's Prokofiev and Bartók album with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic--they might be more usual bedfellows for the pianist, but he clearly enjoys flexing his interpretive muscles...