On April 21, Lang Lang, a well-known Chinese pianist, sparked a heated discussion over the high-profile donation of hundreds of pianos to British schools, and for a time brought himself to the cusp of the storm.
The news of the donation was reported by the British local media "The Times", which said that pianist Lang Lang had announced that he had donated hundreds of pianos to British schools and provided corresponding teacher training and music courses for these schools.
And Lang Lang also said that his "International Music Fund" will establish a piano education center in London, England, providing hundreds of thousands of children with the opportunity to learn music.
As for why Lang Lang would suddenly donate such a large number of expensive pianos to Britain, Lang Lang himself also explained in an interview with the media.
Lang Lang said that when he heard that British public schools had to cut down music lessons because of "budget cuts", Lang Lang himself was very surprised, and he felt incredible about the limited resources of Music education in the UK.
"I was very surprised that music education could not be guaranteed."
Finally, the media said that Lang Lang had been calling for the strengthening of music education, praising Lang Lang as a very famous pianist and holding his first solo concert at the age of 5.
To tell the truth, when I saw Lang Lang donating pianos to a difficult school in the Uk, my first reaction was a little disbelief, after all, these hundreds of pianos are not a large number, even the cheapest pianos, it must be about ten thousand small, hundreds of pianos are millions, Lang Lang took out this large amount of money in one breath, indicating that he was really doing this thing with his heart.
But I don't know why Lang Lang himself is very low-key, personal account did not mention this matter, if it is not reported by the British media, it is estimated that we can not know that Lang Lang is silently doing charity.
For Lang Lang's donation of pianos to British children, it has also caused a lot of controversy among Chinese netizens, and some netizens, like me, think this is a good thing.
After all, Lang Lang paid his own pocket to help children in other countries, and this kind of international fearless dedication is worth learning.
Especially art knows no borders, music should also be inherited around the world, Lang Lang as a Chinese, see british children because there is no educational resources and give up their musical dreams can still feel empathy, and provide such a big help, this is not only Lang Lang's personal image and national influence to enhance, but also Chinese music in the international shine.
But some netizens feel that Lang Lang only sees the lack of foreign music resources, but ignores domestic children, who also need pianos, music and educational resources.
Britain is a developed country, its own living standards and education level are higher than our China, the reason why there is no music education resources, is nothing more than to transfer resources to the military, science and technology and other aspects, Lang Lang donated piano to others, nothing more than to help others improve the overall strength.
And most importantly, Lang Lang has not made money in China over the years, his wife Gina's figure is on the hot search at every turn, the couple d a large number of variety shows, a large number of endorsements, and there is no appearance of a musician, frequent integration show love, commercial value realization and eating is a bit ugly.
"Wife's Romantic Trip" and "Happiness Trio" all have shots of Lang Lang and his wife, and after the couple has children, they actually endorse different milk powders, so that consumers do not know which one the family eats for a time.
Excessive marketing brings high returns, Lang Lang has made so much money in China, turning his head to donate pianos to foreigners, it is inevitable that some people will feel uncomfortable.
In fact, I think that money is earned by people's ability, how to spend it does not matter, everyone only sees Lang Lang donating pianos to foreigners, but does not see Lang Lang also made great contributions to our Chinese children.
"Beijing Lang Lang Art Foundation" has donated music teaching materials to three primary schools, and the public welfare achievements of these years have spread all over the country, which are lang Lang's contributions.
We can't just say anything because he donated to the children of England, in Lang Lang's heart, the children of all countries are the same, I believe he donated hundreds of pianos to The United Kingdom, and will do more for our own compatriots.
The real great artist is always with the world in mind, I believe in Lang Lang's personality, and I also believe that his public welfare behavior must be for the good of everyone.
"Music public welfare is like Chunhui, this beam of Chunhui is fraternal, he indiscriminately pours it in every corner covered by music, whether it is Lang Lang himself or the children he helps, will be rewarded by public welfare."