October 22
Shanghai Oriental Art Center
The Hong Kong Sinfonietta will provide a rousing finale to Hong Kong Week at the Expo 2010 Shanghai on Oct 22 with its unique interpretation of A Soldier's Story. The crossover production features a combination of artistic talent from music, dance and drama. Igor Stravinsky's A Soldier's Tale is a story about a soldier trading his fiddle to the devil for a book of fortune. The Hong Kong Sinfonietta will present the music under the baton of conductor Yip Wing-sie, and choreographer Yuri Ng will transform the soldier into a modern white-collar worker in a contemporary setting. Four dancers, playing the soldier at different stages of his life, will perform with the orchestra. The performance will be narrated in Mandarin.
7:30 pm, 425 Dingxiang Road
October 23
18 Gallery
A new exhibition will open this afternoon at 18 Gallery, named Wrinkles of the City. Photographer "JR" will feature portraits of elderly people, believing that they represent the city's memory. He also interviewed them, as they have witnessed the city's changes. These portraits are pasted in the very same city in places that inspired the artist, and also represent the city's heritage. The exhibition will continue until Dec 11.
5 pm, 4F, Bund18, 18 Zhongshan Road E
021-6323-8099
October 24
Spanish movies
Eight Spanish movies will be shown in four of the city's cinemas from Oct 21 to 24. All are outstanding works from the past decade. Audiences will find familiar actors such as Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz, and directors like Pedro Almodova. Today eight movies will be shown at 3:45 pm and 6:45 pm in the four cinemas. The organizers highly recommend Carlos Saura's Flamenco, Flamenco (2010).
Shanghai Film Center, 160 Xinhua Road
Cathay Theatre, 870 Huaihai Road M
Broadband International Cineplex, 99 Huaihai Road M
Stella Cinema City, 168 Lujiazui Road W
October 25
Italy Pavilion
Skilled craftsmen from Cremona, Italy will host a workshop in the Italy Pavilion showing how to make a violin. In the space of two weeks, they will make two violins and one cello, which will be exhibited on an international tour. Consorzio Stradivari of Cremona will organize the workshop, in coordination with the Lombardia Region, from Oct 16 to 31. Master craftsmen Borchardt Gaspar, Friedmann Benedicte, Gastaldi Marco and Asinari Sandro will perform during the first week, and Ciaccio Daniele, Hornug Pascal, Heyligers Matteo and Michele Dobner during the second week.
October 26
Shanghai Oriental Art Center
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will perform in Shanghai today and tomorrow night. Maestro Zubin Mehta has been the orchestra's music director for 40 years, and will be conducting the concerts in Shanghai, presenting Petruschka by Stravinksy and Symphony No 7 by Beethoven for the first night, and Symphony No 6 by Beethoven and The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky for the second night. Mehta was born in Mumbai, India. Although he grew up in a musical family, his initial field of study was medicine. He abandoned his medical career at 18 to study music in Vienna, and seven years later he conducted both the Vienna and Berlin philharmonics.
7:30 pm, 425 Dingxiang Road
October 27
Minsheng Museum of Modern Art
Two young artists are featured at the Minsheng Museum of Modern Art: Qin Qi and Sun Xun. Qin presents more than 30 oil paintings he created since 2005, and Sun will premiere his animation work 21 Grams, alongside 400 drawings he did for the movie. A modern myth says that the human soul weighs 21 grams, because when a person dies, 21 grams of his body weight vanishes.
9 am-6 pm, 570 Huaihai Road W
October 28
Dialogue
American sculptor and conceptual artist Barbara Edelstein will have a solo exhibition at the Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center. Edelstein grew up in California and married Zhang Jianjun, a Chinese artist. Her art shows some influence of Asian philosophy. Many of her sculptures are displayed in public spaces, such as parks and gardens, where the artwork interacts with the environment, as if in dialogue with it.
Until Dec 31, Tuesday to Friday 10 am-7 pm, Weekend 1:30 pm-6:30 pm, closed on Mondays
Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center, 299 Fuxing Road W
021-6466-7428
(China Daily 10/22/2010)
