Lang Lang Raised Money for Music Education

The Lang Lang International Music Foundation hosted its “Lang Lang and Friends Gala Concert Dinner” in Manhattan, New York City. Famous pianist Lang Lang raised more than $2 million for music education. The funds will support the foundation’s programmes, such as the Keys of Inspiration, which started several years ago and is being well carried out now, with the goal of educating future pianists. “We started to move forward in our ideas to create a method, which is called the Keys of Inspiration, in public schools in America and other countries. And now, two years later, we exactly know what we are going to do. We know the method, we know the teachers, and we know the schools. We have a perfect plan, and now we can do a much better job for the world,” said Lang Lang. The Keys of Inspiration programme has been carried out in five cities worldwide, bringing music education to over 2,500 students. The mission of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation is to educate, inspire and motivate the next generation of music lovers. The foundation also aims to expand the programme to 49 schools by 2021, benefiting more than 2 million students. The charity concert was the third one held by the Lang Lang International Music Foundation in New York City. The previous concerts in 2013 and 2014 both raised more than $1 million each. Lang Lang has just been named New York City’s first ever Cultural Tourism Ambassador, as part of the US-China Tourism Year events that promote travel and tourism between the US and China.