{"id":240,"date":"2015-03-30T20:37:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T20:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2017-05-01T18:41:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T18:41:24","slug":"lang-lang-mtna-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/lang-lang-mtna-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Lang Lang at MTNA Conference Las Vegas 2015 | Julie Lovison The Lake Shore Music Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One musician who participated at the 2015 MTNA Conference in Las Vegas who has been doing a lot to introduce young people to the piano and hold their interest is Lang Lang.\u00a0 His boyish charm and somewhat flamboyant style makes him appear more accessible to a younger audience. Maybe in your day it was Liberace, or Van Cliburn but charisma has always played a part in musical performance though of course it must always begin with real skill or that elusive something described as &#8220;talent&#8221; to become a superstar.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, speaking of superstars, a number of MTNA attendees took the opportunity to see Elton John, another consummate piano performer of the popular genre, who was appearing at Caesar&#8217;s which was the next venue over from The Rio where the conference was being held.<\/p>\n<p>Though Lang Lang did not give a piano performance he did conduct a master class and a showcase session (both of which I attended) introducing his new piano teaching materials distributed by Alfred Publishing.\u00a0 I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of each of the Level 1-5 books and get a couple of them autographed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_241\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/100_7497.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\" wp-image-241\" src=\"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/100_7497-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"100_7497\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/100_7497-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/100_7497-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Lovison gets Lang Lang autograph at MTNA Conference in Las Vegas 2015<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_243\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/100_7507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243\" class=\" wp-image-243\" src=\"http:\/\/lakeshoremusicstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/100_7507-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"100_7507\" width=\"249\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lang Lang Autographed music book.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One musician who participated at the 2015 MTNA Conference in Las Vegas who has been doing a lot to introduce young people to the piano and hold their interest is Lang Lang.\u00a0 His boyish charm and somewhat flamboyant style makes him appear more accessible to a younger audience. 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