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Yuja Wang Piano Recital NCPA Piano Virtuosos 2016

Date: Sept 2 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 180-680 yuan

Chinese pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized for playing that combines the spontaneity and fearless imagination of youth with the discipline and precision of a mature artist. Regularly lauded for her controlled, prodigious technique, Wang has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire, the depth of her musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and graceful, charismatic stage presence.

Shakespear's Globe: The Merchant of Venice

Date: Aug 31-Sept 4 - 7:30 pm/3 pm

Venue: Guangzhou Opera House

Price: 80-880 yuan

In Venice, the epicenter of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt to win the hand of Portia, a wealthy heiress. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonio's ships return to the city. But if they should fail, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio shall give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his 'bond'.