As the lights brightened, a young performer took to the stage against the backdrop of a red curtain. Holding the microphone with confidence, he began recounting humorous tales in Tibetan, eliciting laughter and applause from the crowd.
Lang Lang's new album sees the celebrated pianist explore the sometimes whimsical, and often romantic, world of Camille Saint-Saens, Chen Nan reports.
German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is on tour in China, playing a recital at Shanghai Oriental Art Center on Mar 15, and then at the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing on Mar 17.
For more than a month, Chen Jinxiang, a villager from Puning, a city in South China's Guangdong province, had been living a life like the fictional Clark Kent: working by day — in this case as the owner of an online clothes shop — and becoming a hero when needed.
Famed fairy tale author Huang Zhenhuan, known under the pen name of "Two-tone Scenery" on social media platform Sina Weibo, where he has more than 7 million followers, recently took a course at the Expression Academy. Taught by debate expert Huang Chih-chung, the sessions helped to refine his communication skills.
Like many young musicians, Yin Jiongjie has participated in competitions around the world, which he says is a great way of gaining experience by working with symphony orchestras, as well as an opportunity to raise your visibility.
The Weitou Bride, a theatrical production in the style of Gaojia Opera, a traditional art form of Quanzhou, Fujian province, will be staged at the China National Opera House in Beijing on Friday and Saturday.
Museo Nacional del Prado of Spain will hold its largest exhibition in China. The exhibition named Ages of Splendor: A History of Spain in the Museo del Prado will take place at the Museum of Art Pudong in Shanghai from April 23 to Sept 1.
Beijing-based drama company Magnificent Culture and Alibaba's online ticketing platform Damai reached a strategic cooperation agreement, a news conference revealed on Wednesday.
A concert on the theme of the TV series Dream of the Red Chamber by the National Traditional Orchestra Academia China was staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Tuesday.
A group of children, practicing plum blossom boxing, drew a great deal of attention at the Shandong rural cultural and tourism festival in the province's Guanxian county, Liaocheng in late February.
The influence of life of artist Wu Yang will be vividly presented at Wu's solo exhibition, Neither Here Nor There, to be open at the Espoir Gallery in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on March 22.