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The brilliant Croatian pianist Dejan Lazic will give a recital of Chopin, Scarlatti and Bartok at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Sept 28.
The New York Times has hailed his music as "fresh, spontaneous and impassioned". Born in 1978 in Croatia, Lazic began studying at age six with his pianist mother and made his concert debut at nine, began composing at ten, and shows a musical intelligence and sensitivity rarely seen in former prodigies.
7:30 pm, Sept 28
Inside Zhongshan Park
5166-4511 5123-3866
The Peony Pavilion, the classic Kunqu Opera, is on stage at the Imperial Granary, a perfect venue. The Imperial Granary was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) 600 years ago, exactly the time the Kunqu Opera was written.
In order to further emphasize the origins of the Granary and the opera, the entire show will take place without the benefit of electricity.
Open to individuals on Friday & Saturday; Group reservation available from Sunday to Thursday
6409-6477/6499
22 Dongsi Shitiao, Dongcheng District
380-1,980 yuan, including Royal Peking Roast Duck Buffet
The Chinese Acrobatics Group, established in 1950, has toured more than 80 countries, won numerous international awards and helped foster friendships between China and other nations. Its performance includes traditional acrobatics, a circus show, magic, old Beijing folk plays and more. The show blends music, dance, local opera and martial arts.
7:30 pm, daily
Tiandi Theater, Dongsi Shitiao, 100 m north of Poly Theater, Chaoyang District
6416-9893
CONCERTS
On Oct 4 and 5, two special concerts will be given at Haidian Theater.
Sun Guoqing, the popular pop singer and talk show host and Liu Jian, the American-Chinese conductor, will take turns to conduct the Beijing New Philharmonic Orchestra to play well-known classical pieces by Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky and Chinese folk music. In between the musical segments, Sun will teach the audience to sing O Sole Mio and also present a humorous take on how to conduct an orchestra.
The concert aims to provide an easy approach to classic music which most people view as serious stuff.
7:30 pm, Oct 4, 5
28 Zhongguancun Street
4007079999 5815-1155
The acclaimed French pianist Pascal Roge will give a recital featuring an all-French program at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Sept 30.
The Paris-born Roge exemplifies the finest in French pianism; his playing of Poulenc, Satie, Faur and Ravel in particular is characterized by elegance, beauty and delicate phrasing - his name is synonymous with the best playing of French repertory in the world today.
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