Pianist Lang Lang tickles the ivories in New York City’s Washington Square Park performing an abbreviated version of Gershwin’s, Rhapsody in Blue. May, 2015.
Created in celebration of New York University’s Class of 2015 and presented along with Lang Lang’s 2015 NYU honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.
This video aired on the Jumbotron in Yankee Stadium during the school’s 183rd Commencement Exercises.
Blog post: http://blog.jonroemer.com/2015/05/thursday-in-the-park-with-lang-lang/
Directed and edited by Jon Roemer.
Produced by Elisa Guarino and the NYU Department of Media Production.
Camera: Jon Roemer and Doug Meltzer.
Sound: Larry Kaltenbach and Sebastien Mueller-Eckhard.
Crew: Dan Mezick, Chris Flanegan, and Emily Yancey.
