GUANGZHOU
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.
Concert bids summer farewell
The Gulbenkian Orchestra from Portugal will perform on Saturday night, bidding farewell to the scorching Guangzhou summer. The first piece is the melodious string music by Luis de Freitas Branco, a big name in the history of Portuguese classical music. Then the orchestra will collaborate with Li Biao, a famous percussion musician from China, to stage a chic concerto for marimba and strings composed by Ney Rosauro. Beethoven's beautiful Symphony No 6 in F Major "Pastoral" will conclude the performance.
8 pm, Oct 19. 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.
Korean violinist returns to China
Korean violinist Chung Kyung-wha has launched a concert tour in China after a long break caused by a finger injury in 2005. The 63-year-old "queen of violin" will put her skills to the test on her comeback tour, and is ready to showcase her enriched understanding of music. Chung will pair with American pianist Kevin Kenner, who achieved second place at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 1990, to perform violin sonatas composed by Beethoven, Grieg and Faure. The concert will begin with the famous sonata Spring by Beethoven.
8 pm, Oct 22. Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qingbo Road, Ersha Island, Yuexiu district, Guangzhou. 020-8735-3869.
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