Stage
London Symphony
Conductor Ristjan Jarvi will lead the London Symphony Orchestra for two concerts in Shanghai. Chinese cellist Wang Jian and French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet will be the featured soloists. The program for the Sep 9 concert is: Four Sea Interludes by Britten, Cello Concerto No 1 by Shostakovich and Concerto for Orchestra by Bartok. Sep 10: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Bernstein, Piano Concerto No 1 by Liszt and Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov.
7:30 pm, Sept 9-10
Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Road
180-1,680 yuan (student tickets 90 yuan)
021-6854-1234
Polish Ballet
The National Ballet of Poland will present an original ballet in two acts, Chopin, the Romantic Artist. The script is the work of Antoni Libera, while the music will include pieces by Fryderyk Chopin and composers influenced by his work, Hector Berlioz, Sergei Lyapunov, Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann. Patrice Bart will choreograph the production.
7:15 pm, Sept 11-12
Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Road
100-580 yuan
021-6854-1234
Ode to Peace
It is the first large-scale dance drama on religious culture ever created in China. When it premiered at the world's first Buddhist forum in Hangzhou in 2006, the drama won high praise from artists and Buddhists at home and abroad. Telling the tales of the birth of Buddhism and its introduction into China, the group makes full use of stage performance forms, such as Chinese traditional dance, instruments and martial arts, to depict the process of Buddhist culture integrating with Chinese traditional Taoism.
7:30 pm, Sept 29
Shanghai Grand Stage, 1111 Caoxi Road N
021-3227-0529, 5403-7905
100-1,580 yuan
Exhibitions
Wu Guanzhong
A memorial art exhibition of modern master Wu Guanzhong, who died on June 25 at the age of 91. Wu donated a large number of his paintings to the Shanghai Art Museum in the last few years of his life. An academic forum on Wu and his art will be held during the show.
Until Aug 29
Shanghai Art Museum, 325 Nanjing Road W
021-6327-2829
Liu Rongying
Professor Liu Rongying from Taiwan is devoted to Chinese ink art presentations of flowers and birds. Liu believes that the ideal of Oriental art is to find the ultimate purity and peace of mind amid the chaos of the world.
Aug 21-31
Haishangshan Art Center, 361 Hongzhong Road
021-5157-0612
Footwear Fair
Want to know the newest trends in shoe fashion in China? The China International Footwear Fair gives the latest information through designs from over 100 shoemakers from home and abroad, as well as fashion shows held daily during the three-day exhibition.
Sept 1-3
Shanghai New International Expo Center, Pudong
2345 Longyang Road
