The Forbidden City Concert Hall has announced a series of programs to mark the 25th anniversary of the venue's reopening. From Friday to May 19, it will host performances of classical music, choral singing, chamber music and traditional Chinese music.
The Art Hong Kong Expo will be held at the city's AsiaWorld-Expo from May 16 to 19, focusing on technology, digitization and culture and tourism, according to a news release in Beijing on Thursday.
The Sound of Music will travel to six Chinese cities during its 30-week tour.
This November, 14 members of the Philadelphia Orchestra will tour China, giving concerts and organizing residency activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ensemble's historic 1973 Chinese tour, the first by an American orchestra.
The Golden Panda Awards, hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Sichuan provincial government, will be held in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan province, on Sept 19 and 20.
Curator Max Donnelly is glad that, after working for two and a half years, an exhibition introducing the British Arts and Crafts movement has opened in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, this month.
The 38th Shanghai Spring International Musical Festival will take place from March 18 to April 2. It will consist of 32 concerts, 10 dance shows and a series of exhibitions, competitions and other events.
An exhibition at the Shanghai History Museum gives a glimpse of traditional ways to celebrate Spring Festival. It will run until Feb 26.
The 13th China Art Festival, a national art feast, will be held in September, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center will stage three productions at Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing from April to May. The three productions —I Don't Want to Be Friends With You, Wilderness and Wave — are all directed by He Nian, who is also known for directing movies and TV dramas.
CHICAGO-This Week from China's National Center for the Performing Arts, a program series and collaboration between a Chicago radio network and China's NCPA, debuted on Thursday night.
Around the 3rd century AD, the grotto art originating from ancient India was introduced to China along the ancient trade routes and over mountains and deserts.