00:00I'm going to be here for about 24 hours.
00:07I'm going to be speaking now at the studio with Dr.
00:11Susan Sanchez, who is a professor of statistics.
00:15The biggest difference between us and the New York
00:17Alumni Foundation is that our program is $32.22,
00:22one less than $150, and that's actually in just
00:2730-40 weeks of development for our kids.
00:30We are happy to take you for a tour and get you
00:33to meet all of us and talk to you about us in
00:36the last few years, especially in the
00:39next couple of years.
00:41What a beautiful time in the Hamptons, and more
00:43importantly, we're so excited about bringing the
00:46Lang Lang Foundation here, and what I think is
00:49beautiful is we have these young pianists and
00:51these singers that actually sing their hearts out
00:54on the water and the beautiful gardens, but
00:56they actually are such a beautiful product of
01:00the foundation.
01:01You know, so many schools across the world,
01:03they're removing arts as the first, you know,
01:06extracurricular activity from the schools, and
01:09so what the Lang Lang Foundation is doing is
01:11coming and bringing that back into the schools
01:13for these underprivileged children, and I think
01:15it is incredible. It gives them the opportunity
01:18to really grow, to learn, to develop in all
01:21different areas when they have the love for
01:23music, so I think it's fantastic.
01:26♪
01:49I've been following Lang Lang since I was a
01:51little girl, like since I was four when I started
01:53playing the piano. One day my teacher was like,
01:55hey, why don't you like try out for the foundation?
01:57So I applied, I got accepted, and I was like,
02:00I'm so blessed to like have this opportunity,
02:02like, oh my gosh.
02:04In China, they call Lang Lang Effect.
02:06Almost 40 million children now are learning
02:09piano, and also in the western country, what
02:13Lang Lang brought is to show that the classical
02:16music isn't boring. It is really open-minded,
02:20and it's for everyone.
02:21I would look at recordings of Lang Lang playing
02:24the piano, and I also read his book,
02:27A Journey of a Thousand Miles, and it really
02:29inspired me to try and become a better pianist.
02:33And then when I heard about the Lang Lang
02:34Foundation, I wanted to try and see if I could
02:37be a part of it.
02:38From an intellectual standpoint and development
02:59standpoint, you know, music is so important,
03:02and the younger you can do it, I think, the better.
03:05They really discover that the children who are
03:08exposed to the music, their brain is totally
03:12different than the children who are not.
03:14This is really something very, very important
03:17in child's development.
03:19Bringing the music education, we are preparing
03:21those children to the better future.
03:23You learn math, you learn physics, you learn
03:25chemistry, everything comes together.
03:28Music is really an amazing opportunity for
03:33people to come together globally.
03:35It doesn't really matter where they're from
03:37and what their means are.
03:38If they're focused and they're into their talent,
03:42and you provide them with the means to do it,
03:44you know, they'll find a way.
03:46You know, music is the only language that
03:48everyone speaks, and I think it's really important
03:51that everyone can connect.
03:54You will see I can give you
03:58everything you need
04:01Let me be the one to love you more
04:09The music inside make them much more rich,
04:12and they are more creative, you know, and sensitive,
04:15and I think this is really something that we need
04:18in this world, you know, more sensitivity and
04:21creativity and optimism.
04:24In every country of this planet,
04:27you have disadvantaged neighborhoods.
04:30You have the moments when the people really need
04:33somebody like us to bring the music,
04:37to bring the instrument, to help them.
04:39Music is the universal language and can build
04:43the bridges between the nations and people,
04:46and I think we need music very much.
04:49This is exactly what the Foundation strives every day.
04:52We want to bring music to everyone.
04:54There's nothing like changing children's lives,
04:57and it's one of the most important things you can do.
05:01Music is the universal language and can build
05:03the bridges between the nations and people,
05:05and I think we need music very much.
05:07Music is the universal language and can build
05:09the bridges between the nations and people,
05:11and I think we need music very much.
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