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Valery Afanassiev Piano Recital

Date: Nov 6－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 50-380 yuan

Valery Afanassiev was born in Moscow in 1946 and studied the piano at the conservatory with the famous teachers Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak. His international career started, when he won the Reine Elisabeth piano competition in Brussels in 1970. His reputation as an artist is not exclusively based on his extraordinary merits as a pianist. His many interests cover a wide variety of being an active artist: He is a prolific author, who has by now published many novels, wrote plays based on Mussorgsky′s 'Pictures at an exhibition' and Schumann′s 'Kreisleriana' and wrote many of the liner notes to his CDs with music by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Mussorgsky, Chopin and others.

Tesla Quartet

Date: Nov 10－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-200 yuan

Dubbed "technically superb" by The Strad, the Tesla Quartet has garnered top prizes at numerous international competitions, including the Gold Medal at the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Third Prize and the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work at the 6th International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna, Third Prize at the 2012 London International String Quartet Competition, and the Prize for the International Summer Academy for Chamber Music Niedersachsen at the 2013 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition. The London Evening Standard called their rendition of the Debussy Quartet "a subtly coloured performance that balanced confidently between intimacy and extroversion."

Contact: 010-6655-0000

BP Zoom

Date: Nov 5-6－7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Comedy Theater

Price: 80-300 yuan

BP Zoom is like an unknown song which is sung by ordinary people. BP Zoom has only two actors: Philippe Martz and Bernie Collins. They take advantage of ordinary body language and ordinary scenes, but succeed in highlighting comical features intertwined with poetry. Since Philippe Martz and Bernie Collins co-founded and formed this funny duo in 1992, they devote to modeling and delving into performance under a variety of settings so as to vividly play the unexpected role of clowns. They launch tour performances in theaters, concert halls, dance halls of France and at abroad. By means of pantomime, clown, small object and music, Philippe Martz and Bernie Collins express their art world in a variety of ways.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble Concert

Date: Nov 16－7:30 pm

Venue: NCPA

Price: 280-1,280 yuan

Yo-Yo Ma's multifaceted career is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences, and to his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello repertoire, coming together with colleagues for chamber music or exploring cultures and musical forms outside the Western classical tradition, Mr. Ma strives to find connections that stimulate the imagination. Yo-Yo Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras throughout the world, his recital and chamber music activities, and his work with the Silk Road Project, for which he serves as Artistic Director. He draws inspiration from a wide circle of collaborators, each fueled by the artists' interactions. Mr. Ma is also widely recognized for his strong commitment to educational programs that bring the world into the classroom and the classroom into the world. While touring, he takes time whenever possible to conduct master classes as well as more informal programs for students－musicians and non-musicians alike. He has also reached young audiences through appearances on Arthur, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Charles Dutoit and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Date: Nov 10-11－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 280-1,280 yuan

Captivating audiences throughout the world, Charles Dutoit is one of today's most sought-after conductors, having performed with all of the major orchestras on most stages of the five continents. Presently Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he recently celebrated his 30-year artistic collaboration with the Philadelphia Orchestra, who in turn bestowed upon him the title of Conductor Laureate. He collaborates every season with the orchestras of Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and is also a regular guest on the stages in London, Berlin, Paris, Munich, Moscow, Sydney, Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai, among others. German violinist Arabella Steinbacher has firmly established herself as one of today's leading violinists on the international concert scene, performing with the world's major orchestras.

Blue Man Group World Tour

Date: Nov 5-13－7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center

Price: 100-2,222 yuan

Blue Man Productions is a now global entertainment company best known for the award-winning Blue Man Group show, performed in 15 countries and seen by more than 35 million people worldwide since 1991. A dynamic combination of music, comedy and technology, the show appeals to a broad range of age groups and cultural backgrounds. It is continually refreshed with new music, new stories, new instruments and new technology. This creative collective is part of the pop culture zeitgeist. Beyond the stage show, they have toured the globe with the "Megastar World Tour" rock concert parody, produced five albums, and contributed to numerous film scores.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Dance Drama Crested Ibises in Shanghai

Date: Nov 5-12－7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai International Dance Center

Price: 80-280 yuan

Founded in Jun. 1979, Shanghai Dance Theatre (SDT) completed the enterprise restructuring of sate-owned art troupes in Nov. 2009. SDT is committed to creating Chinese national ballets, contemporary dance dramas, vocal music productions, instrument music productions, etc. Crested ibises, an international preserved rare bird species, known as the "bird of good fortune", is a gorgeous and precious creature symbolizing happiness and blessings. They used to be so innocent, gentle and graceful and lived with humans in the agrarian times as human's loyal and adorable companions. However, when accelerating the pace of modernization and urbanization in modern time, humans neglect the deterioration of the living environment of crested ibises. The natural habitat upon which the wild crested ibises are so dependent for their breeding, such as blue sky, clean water and tranquillity, has become so hostile that they are forced to die out gradually. Recently, the discovery of the last seven wild crested ibises in Yang County, Shaanxi province, made the endangered creature come into people's sight again. Today, with joint efforts from Chinese and Japanese scientists, crested ibises have received increasingly conscious protection and care from human society.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Paul Taylor Dance Company 2016 in Wuhan

Date: Nov 9-10－7:30 pm

Venue: Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater

Price: 50-480 yuan

In 2015, along with 17 of his classics and two premieres performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Mr. Taylor presented two modern dances that represent the best of American Modern Dance in both the distant and recent past. Doris Humphrey's influential work from the 1930s, Passacaglia, was performed by the venerable Limon Dance Company. And Shen Wei Dance Arts performed Rite of Spring, Shen Wei brilliant take on the legendary Stravinsky score. Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Mr. Taylor's longtime collaborator, Donald York. In 2016 the Taylor Company will perform a dance by Martha Graham for the first time－Diversion of Angels from 1948－and guest performers from Dayton Contemporary Dance Company will perform Donald McKayle's 1959 masterpiece, Rainbow' Round My Shoulder. In March 2016 at Lincoln Center, the first two works to emerge from Taylor Company Commissions will have their world premieres. These are Larry Keigwin's Rush Hour and Doug Elkins's The Weight of Smoke, both of which feature all 16 Taylor dancers.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Krzysztof Penderecki and Warsaw Symphony Orchestra Concert in Shanghai

Date: Nov 8－7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Oriental Center

Price: 80-880 yuan

Warsaw Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1984. As Europe's first-class Orchestra, it regularly perform in Carnegie Hall in New Yorkon, Champs Elysees Theatre in Paris, Barbican center in London, the Salzburg Festival and Provence opera festival. Krzysztof Penderecki is one of the most important contemporary musicians, known as "the last of the 20th century composer," "Beethoven alive". Many of his works, such as "Hiroshima victims Elegy", "St. Luke Passion", "multi-Clay" and "seven gates of Jerusalem" have become classics of the 20th century. As a conductor, Krzysztof Penderecki is also prominent. He has conducted virtually all the world's leading orchestras, he has long served as the North German Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic conductor, artistic director of the plurality Festival. He also won the Polish Radio awarded the Diamond Baton Award, the highest honor the Polish conductor industry. As a music educator, he served as dean of the School of Music in Krakow from 1972 to 1987, for the oldest college has won a worldwide reputation.

Contact: 400-610-3721

ACTIVITIES & NIGHTLIFE

Comedy Club China Presents Comedy Dim Sum VI

Date: Nov 5－8 pm

Venue: 4corners

Price: 50 yuan

It's time to once again indulge in some bite-size comedy from some of Beijing's most delicious comedians. It's Comedy Dim Sum at 4corners on November 5! Look forward to stand-up from Jon Matthews, David Fertitta, Xu Ziliang, Lee, Gene George, Tony Chou and Gary McKenzie.

Contact: nigel@comedyclubchina.com

The Beijing Beatles @Jianghu Bar

Date: Nov 5－9 pm

Venue: Jianghu Bar

Price: 40/50 yuan

Recreating the sounds of the 60s, The Beijing Beatles Tribute Band perform up to 2 hours of Fab Four songs in authentic outfits.

"Our goal is for the audience to experience something of what it must've been like at a real Beatles show.".

Contact: 010-6401-5269

Maovember Mystery Wine Party

Date: Nov 6－8 pm

Venue: La Cava De Laoma

Price: Free Entrance

Like a bushy mustache, The Maovember season just keep growing and thriving. This mystery wine event in the series of charity happenings will be held at La Cava de Laoma, and it will, according to the organizers, will feature "1421, Australian Natural, Grape Wall of China, La Cava, Pasion, Ponty, Seina and Sommelier International donating more than 40 wines from all over the world."

Contact: 010-5785-3850

Tatort A Traditional Movie Night

Date: Nov 9－8:15 pm

Venue: Zeit Berlin

Price: Free Entrance

TATORT comes again! Tatort-Fans listen, on 6th Dec, Zeit Berlin German Restaurant will host a TATORT Night. Tatort (English translation is: Crime Scene) is the longest-running German language police procedural TV series, set in various parts of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It was exactly 40 years ago, On November 29, 1970, with "Taxi to Leipzig", began the murderous career Germany's most popular television crime series "Tatort". Its creator Gunther Witte set up "the basic arrangements" to which the participating ARD state broadcasters had to agree for their joint crime series. With few exceptions, they still hold today－and that after over 780 episodes.

Contact: 151-1016-0573

US Presidential Election Results Watch

Date: Nov 9－6 am

Venue: The Local Bar & Grill

Price: 60

Tickets are 60 yuan, include entry, free-flow coffee until the president is announced, and a set of commemorative postcards based on our "boxing poster" designs from the debates. Doors will open at 6am. With the multiple time zones in the US, voting results will roll in between about 8am and 11 am if things follow historical patterns. However, since this is the bizzaro-world election, who knows? Broadcast will be via satellite. In the event of some horrible rainstorm or other apocalyptic event, we will use a live internet stream. We will do all we can to ensure continuous broadcast, but please keep in mind where in the world we are.

Contact: 010-6591-9525