he's such an eccentric guy, and it really comes through in this video of him playing a funny little piece and enacting part of how he interprets the piece.

"I can't describe him as a pianist, because you will only hear in my sentence the jealousy that I and all his colleagues feel. I'm sure he didn't show you, but you know, he has 11 fingers. He plays the piano like a cat with 11 fingers."

-Chicago Symphony Orchestra maestro Daniel Barenboim describing Lang Lang


"Lang Lang can do anything with the piano... and he usually does. Anything, but not necessarily the right thing. He owns the music (I don't think I have ever seen him play from a score), but does he *share* it, does he fuse with the music and the audience, beyond all those moments (minutes, hours?) of glory? Not really."

- Janos Gereben, movie and classical music critic with a... critical critique