Art beat in October

German classics performed

German violinist Julia Fischer together with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra will stage a concert in Guangzhou on Oct 22. The night will celebrate the classical music of Germany. The concert will include a prelude of Wagner's Tristan & Isolde and Brahms' violin concerto of pastoral style and Symphony No 4 in E Minor with the most vibrant and dramatic movement the composer wrote. Fischer won first prize in the junior category of the international Yehudi Menuhin competition at the age of 12. She was named Artist of the Year by The Classic FM Gramophone Awards in 2007 when she was 24. The violinist and the orchestra will also tour Hong Kong.

8 pm, Oct 22. Opera Hall of Guangzhou Opera House, Exit B1 of Zhujiang New Town subway station, the interchange of Line 3 and 5, Guangzhou. 020-3839-2888.

Poetic concert returns

Pu Shu, the Chinese singer-songwriter, released two albums a decade ago and has withdrawn from the spotlight since then. The two successful albums I Went to 2000 in 1999 and Born like A Summer Flower in 2003 swept the music charts in the Chinese mainland with their poetic composition. His hits like Where Have All the Flowers Gone and Birch Forest were played almost everywhere and sung widely by college students. Pu performed in a concert titled Tree and Flower together with Taiwan indie female singer-songwriter Deserts Chang last year in Shanghai, which was a big success. The 40-year-old will present the second of the Tree and Flower concert series in Beijing on Oct 26, accompanied by Malaysian singer-songwriter Penny Tai.

7:30 pm, Oct 26. Beijing Workers' Gymnasium, Gongti West Road, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 400-610-3721.