What's on in Beijing (May 5-11)

Opening gala of NCPA May Festival 2018

The National Center for the Performing Arts' annual May Festival will open with a violin gala next Wednesday.

Conductor Chen Lin will lead a starry lineup of Chinese musicians including violinist Lu Siqing, Ning Feng, Chenxi and Huang Bin. They will perform masterpieces by world-renowned composers such as Ravel, Niccolo Paganini, Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Learn more here.

If you go:
7:30 pm, May 9. Concert Hall, National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district. 010 -6655-0000.
Tickets: 100-500 yuan