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Inner Mongolia Arts University Dance Drama Prairie Sisters

Date: Nov 14-15－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-580 yuan

Reputed as "Prairie Sisters", Longmei and Yurong braved the danger of life and protect collective property, whose heroic story used to spread far and wide in China. In celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of Inner Mongolia autonomous region, a large-sized original ethnic dance drama Prairie Sisters, elaborately created by Inner Mongolia Arts University, blends unique Mongolian dance and musical art forms into this dance drama.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Richard Clayderman Piano Recital Concert

Date: Dec 16－8 pm

Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall

Price: 280-1,380 yuan

Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music. Clayderman has recorded over 1,300 melodies, and has created a new romantic style through a repertoire which combines his trademark originals with classics and pop standards. He has devoted much of his time to performing concerts, going as far as playing 200 shows in 250 days. He has clocked up worldwide record sales of approximately 70 million, as of 2006, and has 267 gold and 70 platinum discs to his credit. He is popular in Asia and is noted by the Guinness Book of World Records as being "the most successful pianist in the world".

Contact: 400-610-3721

Beijing Yunzai Culture

Communication Drama Beijing Neighbors

Date: Nov 11-12－7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Comedy Theater

Price: 60-380 yuan

This story happens at a courtyard in Beijing, from the late 1990s to the early 21st century. Some people such as old Yang are natives, who have resided in this courtyard for a long time, while Hu Dong and a writer surnamed Liu are residents who come from other places and work in Beijing. Liu and his wife run a restaurant in Beijing, and through the contact with old Yang and other natives, Liu gradually accepts their lifestyle. On the other hand, old Beijingers understand drifters' diligence and struggle through Liu and Hu Dong. The two cultures ultimately blend together.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

China NCPA Chorus

Date: Nov 12－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

China NCPA Chorus was established on Dec 8, 2009. Wu Lingfen, the famous Chinese conductor, serves as its chorus master. As the professional artistic performing group that belongs to the highest palace of performing arts, the Chorus adheres to the NCPA's guiding principle of "for the people, for the arts, and for the world" and is recognized as a vigorous professional chorus with infinite potential.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Thomas Hampson Vocal Recital

Date: Nov 14－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 80-480 yuan

Honored as a Metropolitan Opera Guild "Met Meistersinger" and inducted into both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Gramophone's 2013 "Hall of Fame," Thomas Hampson is one of the most respected and innovative musicians of our time. Comprising more than 170 albums, his discography includes winners of a Grammy Award, five Edison Awards and the Grand Prix du Disque. Wolfram Rieger received his first piano lessons from his parents and later from Konrad Pfeiffer in Regensburg. He soon developed a deep affection for Lied interpretation and therefore continued his studies at the Hochschule fur Musik in Munich with the famous Lied pianists Professor Erik Werba and Prof. Helmut Deutsch. After earning diploma with distinction, he attended several master classes with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hans Hotter and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Even during his studies, he began teaching at Munich's Hochschule fur Musik until 1991 when he started his own Lieder class for singers and pianists.

Contact: 010-6655-0000