Cervantes art

Singer and Academy Award winner Marketa Irglova is to start her first China tour with her band in Beijing. For the 23-year-old, life seems to have made the decision of choosing her calling.

In 2006, at the age of 18, she was chosen to act and write music for a small independent movie that would thrust her into a global spotlight on Hollywood's biggest night.

That moment and the subsequent success of her musical career as one half of band The Swell Season, were the furthest thing from her mind when she accepted the role of "girl" in the film Once.

In 2011, Irglova released her first full-length solo album Anar, in which she shows a creative outlet to document and express her personal experiences with music and self-discovery over the last few years.

8 pm, Aug 17. Yugong Yishan. West Courtyard Former Site of Duan Qirui Government, Zhang Zizhong Road 3-2, Dongcheng district. +010-8402-8477. Ticket information at http://siyouyinyue.taobao.com/