(The original title Lang Lang tells a love story: I knew something wonderful happened when I saw her.)
Photo of Lang Lang and his wife (provided by the interviewee)
Wedding poster (produced by Zhou Zhenfeng)
Gina (provided by the interviewee)
(Text/Guangzhou Daily All-Media Reporter Xiao Huanhuan) On June 2, at 6: 02 pm, internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang updated Weibo, showing a happy Jiugongge. I found my Alice. She is Gina Alice Redlinger. Announce your marriage. In just two hours, the reading volume of social media exceeded 240 million times, which shows the popularity of Lang Lang.
Yesterday (June 4th), Lang Lang told the all-media reporter of Guangzhou Daily some love stories between him and his wife. Lang Lang said that from the first time he met his wife, he realized that something wonderful might happen. Since 4 years ago, his girlfriend has been performing with him all over the world. Berlin is Lang Lang’s blessed land, where he has gained musical achievements and love.
On June 2nd, French local time, Lang Lang and German young pianist Gina Alice Redlinger held a wedding dinner at the historic Palace of Versailles in Paris. Lang Lang’s emotional world has always been concerned by everyone, but he rarely mentioned his private life, focusing on his music career. Now he finally completed the marriage event in his life at the age of 36.
Love at first sight, wonderful things happen.
The wedding ceremony was held in a hotel in France. As the cultural exchange ambassador of Versailles, Lang Lang hosted a wedding dinner at Versailles in France that night. Besides the family and friends of Lang Lang and the bride Gina Alice Redlinger, many celebrities were present at the wedding ceremony to wish the couple well. The whole wedding was elegant and romantic, and the impromptu four-handed play by Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger at the dinner became the biggest highlight of the whole dinner.
Gina Alice Redlinger, a 24-year-old graduate of Hamburg Conservatory of Music and Drama, began to learn piano at the age of 4, and began to perform piano solo in public at the age of 8. She has composed many pieces of music, held three concerts in Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and performed concerts with Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shenyang Symphony Orchestra in China for many times.
Gina Alice Redlinger was proficient in German, English, French, Korean and other languages, and now she can speak fluent Chinese. Her Chinese was mainly taught by Lang Lang. In order to better communicate with Lang Lang’s parents, Gina Alice Redlinger studied Chinese very diligently.
At the wedding ceremony, Lang Lang said with deep affection, "Today is my happiest day, and I will love Gina until the last day of my life." The bride first spoke her wedding vows in English, and then promised Lang Lang’s parents in Mandarin, "Dear Mom and Dad, I want to thank you for bringing Lang Lang, the best person in the world, to the world, and now he will be my husband. I assure you that I will do my best to support his family and love it. " Hearing her daughter-in-law say this, Lang Lang’s mother came forward to hug her, and the scene was warm.
Lang Lang told reporters that in the face of love, they are all lucky, and they met the most suitable one for each other. Since then, they have been lovers in life and soul mates in music. A few years ago, when he first met Gina Alice Redlinger at a performance in Berlin, he was attracted by her talent and eyes. That is a very delicate face, big eyes and clear eyes. At that time, Gina Alice Redlinger was only 20 years old. "It can be said that it was love at first sight." From then on, he realized that something wonderful might happen. At that time, the four eyes on the stage were opposite, and from that moment on, it seemed to have doomed the beginning of this fate.
After 2013, Gina studied under Professor Gary graffman, Lang Lang’s mentor, as a student of Lang Lang International Music Foundation. In other words, she and Lang Lang came from the same school. Graffman has always been famous for his strict selection of students, and Gina Alice Redlinger’s piano talent finally moved him. Gina has composed many pieces of music, performed on the stage of Berlin Philharmonic Hall for three consecutive years, and quickly grew into an internationally renowned pianist in France and Spain.
"She combines talent and beauty." Lang Lang commented on his new wife.
She learned fluent Chinese for Lang Lang.
Lang Lang and his wife finally came together, and they also experienced a process of mutual understanding and gradual attraction to each other.
What makes Lang Lang quite moved is that the woman has always been very supportive of his career. On the evening of October 17th, 2016, Lang Lang held a charity music dinner in Manhattan, new york, USA, and raised nearly $2.05 million for Lang Lang International Music Foundation. This is the third time that Lang Lang has held a charity concert in new york, and it is also the first time that he has held a solo piano music dinner as an ambassador of cultural tourism in new york. At that time, his girlfriend Gina Alice Redlinger attended the dinner. Since 2013, she has been the backbone of the "Lang Lang International Music Foundation" hosted by Lang Lang, and often follows the music foundation to perform around the world.
Lang Lang Foundation has been actively involved in various charitable education activities. Since 2013, Langlang International Music Foundation has launched the "Inspired Keys" project in 10 schools in 5 cities around the world, and provided a safe and innovative piano education platform for more than 2,500 young students.
As a well-known young pianist, Gina Alice Redlinger also gives many performances every year, but no matter how busy the performance is, she will make time for the performance of the International Music Foundation. Lang Lang has a heavy performance task every year, but no matter how tight the time is, he will arrange a certain time to meet the woman. On April 13, 2017, Lang Lang left the stage for more than a year due to excessive piano practice, and was once tied up by a German doctor for a month. Lang Lang revealed that he was very depressed because he couldn’t play the piano for more than a year. However, this arm injury also gave him more time to spend with his girlfriend. It was Gina who spent that difficult time with him.
Gina Alice Redlinger’s diligence and efforts, Lang Lang also see in the eye. In March 2013, she was invited to Berlin again and played Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.1. In January 2013, Gina Alice Redlinger held a piano solo concert called "Young Artists", and all the tickets were sold out.
On May 1st, 2014, Gina Alice Redlinger played for the third time in the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, which was the last concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Music Season. She played variations on Paganini as a piano solo and collaborated with Berlin Philharmonic on Rachmaninov’s works.
In Lang Lang’s view, Berlin is his own blessed land. He not only cooperates with the Berlin Philharmonic all the year round, often performs here, but also gains love here.
Come to China to perform.
No one knows that she is Lang Lang’s girlfriend.
Gina is no stranger to domestic piano lovers. As an elite young pianist of Lang Lang International Music Foundation, she has given concerts in China many times. On January 18, 2019, she held a solo concert in Shenzhen Concert Hall. All-media reporters from Guangzhou Daily also watched the performance on the spot. The performance was very enthusiastic. The audience’s repeated applause made her finally return to the scene many times and performed a song "Clouds Chasing the Moon". However, due to Lang Lang’s secrecy, many people don’t know that Gina is Lang Lang’s real girlfriend except a few people around him.
Just one month before this event, on December 18th, 2018, the 7th anniversary celebration of Lang Lang Music World was held in Shenzhen, but this time, due to the schedule, the two could not be in the same box. Just before the announcement of the marriage, Gina appeared in the concert hall of Lang Lang Art World Studio on May 6 to help children correct their practice posture and point out the essentials of playing the piano.
After the French wedding ceremony, a couple will also go to Lang Lang’s hometown of Liaoning to hold a thank-you banquet in July this year. But the exact time has not been disclosed.
Once expressed the hope of getting married before the age of 40.
Guangzhou Daily’s all-media reporter interviewed Lang Lang many times before and watched his performance live. Lang Lang said that he has always attached great importance to his family, and he is not the kind of person who only knows work but doesn’t know life at all. "In fact, I think I am very grounded. I am not the kind of person who knows to play the piano all day long, and finally I don’t have time to spend a minute with my family. I can’t wait to marry the piano. When I was young, I studied piano, and my father and mother paid too much for me. Now, as long as I have a performance, my parents will basically be around. "
In a private occasion after an interview in 2017, an all-media reporter from Guangzhou Daily once asked Lang Lang when he would get married. At that time, Lang Lang smiled and said, "I will tell you the good news as soon as possible." At that time, he also revealed that he was still more accustomed to the oriental face, and he was a relatively casual person. "I won’t make a plan for what I will do in 5 years or even 10 years, because the change is always faster than the plan." However, he expressed the hope that he could get married before the age of 40, and hoped that the other half could love the piano as much as himself.
On several private occasions, the all-media reporter of Guangzhou Daily talked about this topic with Lang Lang’s father, Lang Guoren. "Did you urge Lang Lang to get married?" The reporter asked him. "Don’t rush. He’ll get married then. It’s no use urging. " He said. Regarding the future daughter-in-law’s requirements, Lang Guoren said: "The first thing is that Lang Lang must like it, and the two of them should have the same feelings; Secondly, we should fully support Lang Lang’s piano career. Piano is Lang Lang’s life. "
In March of this year, Lang Lang released a brand-new album Piano Book, which swept the world’s major lists. It’s really hard for a professional pianist like Lang Lang to release an album again after two years, but it contains a simple and easy-to-play "To Alice". Many people also said they didn’t understand. In this regard, Lang Lang said: "Usually, professional pianists are not willing to record these ditties, and they feel quite humiliated. But when I asked myself,’ What was the first fantasy in your life’, the answer brought me back to these songs. " At that time, no one understood it, but now everyone knows that this is the highest and sweetest confession of the artist. Best wishes to Lang Lang and Gina for playing sweet and touching music together.
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