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From cruise ships’ whistles in Shekou Port to birds’ humming in Huanggang Park, from keyboard typing sounds in an office in Shenzhen Hi-tech Park to the sound of sea waves in Dameisha, visitors can now listen to various sounds recorded in Shenzhen at the “Voice of Shenzhen” exhibition.
Guangdong Province is the birthplace of the Lingnan style of landscape painting where for more than a century painters have been re-inventing the classic Chinese paintings of mountains and water. And Liang Shixiong is one of them. The veteran Chinese painter is exhibiting his paintings, sketches and calligraphic works at an exhibition at the Guan Shanyue Art Museum. Entry is free.
Nanjing-based Japanese documentary director Ryo Takeuchi, who rose to fame last year for his hit documentary series that captured how the Chinese responded to and recovered from the COVID-19 epidemic, will give a talk and sign autograph for his new book “The Reasons I Live Here” in Shenzhen this Saturday.
Conducted by Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO) artistic director Lin Daye, the orchestra will collaborate with a group of young musicians from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SCM) to present a colorful concert this Saturday.
The great Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) left the world the imposing Terracotta Warriors and thrilling legends of the first emperor that unified China. Qin’s centralized governance also greatly influenced the following dynasties, but official written records about this short-lived dynasty are only 1,000 characters until in 2002, then a large number of bamboo and wooden slips written with 200,000 characters were excavated in a pit in the Liye Ancient Town in west Hunan Province and revived the dynasty’s written history.
German artist Enrico Bach is exhibiting his abstract paintings at KennaXu Gallery in Futian District.
The China NCPA Orchestra, the resident orchestra of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), will perform a night of Verdi’s arias from the Italian composer’s operas, and Brahms’ “Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90.” Conductor Lyu Jia will wield the baton and soprano Song Yuanming and tenor Wang Chong will be featured. The concert is part of the orchestra’s nationwide tour this year.
A hall of blood-red paintings and an installation, a maze of mirrors that twist, turn and attract you to observe your distorted reflections, and two mysterious blue sculptures with voids that may draw viewers in, this is the magical world conjured up by Anish Kapoor for Shenzhen.
The “Urban Enlightenment” exhibition consists of two parts: Bulgarian artist Christian Vatchkov’s artworks and Shenzhen Center for Design’s project.
Conducted by Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO) artistic director Lin Daye, young pianist Liu Zekai will perform Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58” this Friday night.
Under the baton of Jing Huan, one of the most sought-after women conductors today, the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO) will perform two pieces by German Romantic composer Robert Schumann and another by Chinese contemporary composer Li Haiying.
Conducted by maestro Zhang Guoyong, the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO) will bring an excerpt from Zhao Jiping’s “Silk Road Moment Musical,” Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 10 in E Minor” and “Yellow River Piano Concerto” by Yin Chengzong, Chu Wanghua and four others this Friday night, featuring young talented pianist Wan Jieni as soloist.
The Shenzhen Museum’s ancient art outlet reopened last month after five years of renovation. Three exhibitions of 670 pieces of ancient Chinese relics from the museum’s own collection and four more ancient art exhibitions in collaboration with other domestic museums are being held.
Most people know Bob Dylan, the pop culture icon, as a musician or writer, but now his identity as a painter and sculptor is also getting increased attention.
A total of 76 pieces/sets of relics from Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan Province are on display at the “Sacred Pulchritude Beyond the River: Enshrinement From the Wei and Tang Dynasties in Luoyang Longmen Grottoes” exhibition in Shenzhen. Visitors are required to book in advance on the Shenzhen Museum’s WeChat account “iszbwg.”
Two Central Conservatory of Music professors, Sheng Yuan and Zou Xiang, and pianist Yuan Fang, will present a night of solo-piano, double-piano and three-piano pieces. The program will include Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” and “Symphony No. 5” (fourth movement), Chopin’s “Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1,” Debussy’s “Estampes” and “En Blanc et Noir,” Ravel’s “La Valse,” Messiaen’s “Regard de L’Esprit de Joie” and Rzewski’s “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues.”
Tan Dun’s “Buddha Passion” promises to take your breath away. This monumental work, sung in Chinese and Sanskrit, will be performed by the Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra, the Lanzhou Concert Hall Choir and seven soloists (baritone Wang Yunpeng, mezzo-soprano Dong Fang, soprano Guo Sen, tenor Wang Chuanyue, pipa player Chen Yining and two indigenous singers).
Between Nov. 26 and Dec. 5, 11 dramas, four exhibitions and several workshops will greet local audiences during the third Contemporary Theater Biennale in Futian District.
