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GRAMMY: Lang Lang Mixes Prokofiev, Bartók with Rock 'n' Roll, Hip-Hop

Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang likes to keep things fresh by mixing up the genres from time to time.

Hence, his Grammys mash-up with Metallica.

Who could forget, too, his fingerwork on Coldplay's "Clocks" with 2 Celli?

No, a Chris Martin tune never sounded so good.

And here is a fun new video where Prokofiev and Bartók meet rock 'n' roll and hip-hop.

This follows Lang Lang's Prokofiev and Bartók album with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic--they might be more usual bedfellows for the pianist, but he clearly enjoys flexing his interpretive muscles...

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