Who is better Lang Lang or Yundi Li?

Lang Lang is generally considered more outgoing, exciting and energetic. Lundi Li is perhaps more calm, sensitive and poetic. These are broad generalities that could wide vary from one recording to another, but is probably accurate for their playing of Chopin. Both are superb pianists and very much worth hearing.

Is Ballade No 1 HARD?

“It’s very hard. I think it’s one of the hardest pieces in the repertoire. It’s, what, about 10 minutes of music, and in those 10 minutes you have to express a world, and a continuous world. That’s a difficulty because it can get segmented, it can get ‘this little bit is like this’ and ‘that little bit is like that’.”

How much does Lang Lang make?

Lang Lang’s fame At the age of 37, Lang Lang’s net worth is estimated at $30 million USD (almost $43 million.) He has performed for dignitaries including Pope Francis, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, former US President Barack Obama, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

What is Chopin’s best work?

Best Chopin music: 10 essential pieces by the Romantic composer

• Fantaisie-Impromptu (1834)
• Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante (1834)
• Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.
• 24 Preludes (1839)
• Etudes, Op.
• Piano Concerto No.
• Fantasy on Polish Airs (1830)
• ‘Minute’ Waltz in D flat major, Op.

What is Chopin ballade No 1 about?

The first Ballade in G minor projects an elegiac character with a sorrowful main theme that ultimately rages in a tragedy of finality within the devastating coda. The contrasting theme is lyrical, bright and hopeful becoming ever more grandiose and heroic with subsequent repetitions.

What grade is Chopin ballade No 1 in G minor?

Grade 11