look back at the exceptional wedding of the Chinese pianist at the Palace of Versailles

This Saturday, December 7, Notre-Dame de Paris will officially reopen its doors. The Chinese pianist Lang Lang, who got married in Paris, will be present. A look back at her incredible marriage.

The time has arrived for the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame de Paris. For the occasion, around fifty heads of state are expected to attend the gala. The highly anticipated event this December 7 will begin with a speech by President Emmanuel Macron around 7 p.m. In the second part of the evening, a major concert, broadcast at 9 p.m. on France 2, will be launched. As for artists, there will be many of them performing during the show. Among them, there will be the singers Vianney, Clara Luciani and Garou. DJ Michaël Canitrot, Franco-Beninese Angélique Kidjo or even Hiba Tawaji, former candidate of The Voice will also be there. Among the other big names announced: the South African opera singer Pretty Yende, the musician brothers Gautier and Renaud Capuçon and the Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

The latter was also married in Paris the year of the fire. Indeed, the pianist married Gina Alice, also a pianist, in June 2019. The two lovers met six years previously during a concert by pianist Lang Lang. According to information from Parisian if their wedding took place at the Parisian palace Shangri-La, the reception took place at the Château de Versailles. A symbolic place for the pianist. “I have played there often for ten years,” he recalls. In Paris, I played in almost every venue”confided the one who has been ambassador of the castle since 2015, as reported in the newspaper. The wedding also attracted many personalities such as John Legend and Princess Marie-Christine Von Reibnitz and her husband, Prince Michael of Kent. The ceremony obviously began with a recital by Lang Lang and his wife. And as for the meal… lobster, a piece measuring more than 2 meters, without forgetting the cascade of champagne and the fireworks which enhanced the evening.

Reopening of Notre-Dame: the concert turned upside down?

This December 6, the Élysée announced some last minute changes. The reason? The weather. “ The very unfavorable weather conditions force a reorganization of the arrangements planned for the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral,” expressed the presidential palace in a press release published this Friday, December 6. The concert which was also to take place on the square would therefore have to be held only inside the cathedral.

Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.