Award-winning pianist Lang Lang will visit Taiwan to give a piano recital at Taipei's National Concert Hall in October, playing the same repertoire he performed for an album at the famous 'Musikverein' concert hall in Vienna in February. The live recording was the 28-year-old musician's first album since joining Sony Music Entertainment as an exclusive artist this year and is composed of the music of Beethoven, Albeniz and Prokofiev. The pianist, who was described as 'the hottest artist on the classical music planet' by the New York Times, is famous for his stage charisma and has received wide acclaim from audiences and media. On September 15, he received the 'Goldene Henne' media prize, German's largest audience prize, in Berlin in the classical music category. 'He is the first musician in the classical music field to receive the award,' said Elijah Chen, senior manager of the Classical & Jazz Department with Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan, Ltd. 'Lang Lang is also a high-tech enthusiast' who applies advanced technology to his performances, Chen said, citing Lang's use of the iPad app 'Magic Piano' to play Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Flight of the Bumblebee' in a concert in San Francisco this year. Audiences also can easily interact with the performer through his website, blog, Twitter and many other channels, Chen indicated. As a creative pianist, Lang has even designed pianos for children, and has also established an international foundation in New York to inspire and support talented young musicians. As part of the Oct. 8 concert, the piano star will present Albeniz's 'Iberia Book 1: Evocacion, El Puerto, Fete-dieu a Seville' for the first time in Taipei. 