Listings: Beijing
STAGE
Rhythm & Blues singer David Tao's world tour performance is arriving in Beijing. Born in 1969, Tao released his first album titled after his name. In his second collection, I Am Ok, he defined himself with the R&B style, leading audiences back to the simple happiness of the rock 'n' roll times around the 1970s. His voice blends the flavors of rock, folk song, Latin balled and country music.
7:30 pm, March 1
Capital Gymnasium, Baishiqiao Lu, Haidian District
6833-5552
China Puppet Theater will offer a feast of puppet shows for the vacations. Magic Vat, Dancing Mouse, Little Ding Dang are some of the plays that will invite audience participation.
7:30 pm, until March 2
China Puppet Theater, A1 Anhuali, Chaoyang District
6425-4798
The bilingual puppet show Story of 12 Yearly Symbolic Animals narrated by Mr Magic. Using humor and imaginative plots, he combines exaggerated magic, guitar, clowning and cartoon figures in his story-telling.
7:30 pm, until March 2
China Puppet Theater, A1 Anhuali, Chaoyang District
6425-4798
Chinese Acrobatics Group, established in 1950, has toured more than 80 countries, won numerous international awards and has helped foster friendships between China and other nations. Its performance includes traditional acrobatics, a circus show, magic, old Beijing folk plays and more. The show blends music, dance, local opera and martial arts.
7:30 pm, daily
Tiandi Theater, Dongsi Shitiao, 100 m north of Poly Theater, Chaoyang District
6416-9893
CONCERTS
Under the baton of Xu Zhong, the China Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra continues its seasonal concert with Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 27 in B Minor and Georges Bizet's Symphony No 1 in C Major.
7:30 pm, Feb 23
Poly Theater, Dongsi Shitiao, Chaoyang District
6506-5345
The Macao Symphony Orchestra will perform in the capital under the baton of Shao En, who is also the artistic director of the orchestra. In the cards are a series of classic and romantic music pieces by Beethoven.
7:30 pm, Feb 27
Concert Hall of the National Center for the Performing Arts, west of Tian'anmen Square
5883-6800
A series of pipe organ concerts are included in the concert schedule of the National Center for the Performing Arts, including almost all the classic works of the times.
7:30 pm, Mar 3-8
Concert Hall of the National Center for the Performing Arts, west of Tian'anmen Square
5883-6800
Conductor Lorin Maazel leads the New York Philharmonic Orchestra on its tour of China. A French-American musician born in 1930, Maazel has cooperated with over 150 symphony orchestras. The performance will include Mendelssohn's Symphony No 9, From the New World, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 3, Beethoven's Symphonies No 8 and 9.
7:30 pm, Feb 23-24
Concert Hall of the National Center for the Performing Arts, west of Tian'anmen Square
5883-6800
Exhibitions
Some 50 young artists from the Sichuan Fine Art Institution will provide an overall view of the contemporary group. The show consists of two parts. Ink paintings, with the title The Exploration of Contemporary Chinese Painting, are created by Feng Bin and his post-graduated students. The oil paintings are executed by young teachers and students of the institute.
9 am-4 pm, until Feb 28
Today Art Museum, 32 Baiziwan Lu, Chaoyang District
5876-9690
Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami brings his collection of art works to Beijing. Having engaged in photography for more than 25 years, Kiarostami is also gifted at poetry and graphic design. This exhibition includes 84 black-and-white photographs, two video movies and a few poems. Kiarostami's award-winning films include The Wind Will Carry Us, Under the Olive Trees and Taste of Cherry.
10 am-5 pm, until Feb 28
Museum of Imperial City, Nanchizi Dajie, Dongcheng District
8511-5104
To introduce ancient Vietnamese culture to Chinese people, the Vietnam National Museum brings 115 sets of bronze wares with the history dating back 2,500 years. Included are farm tools and various kinds of vessels.
9 am-5 pm, until Feb 28
Capital Museum, 16 Fuxingmenwai Dajie, Xicheng District
6337-0491
Jiang Pengyi's two photograph series, All Back to Dust and Luminant, are both based on skyscrapers dotting the city skyline. Using long exposure time, the works in Luminant, present the power of the buildings over the modern city. In the series, All Back to Dust, the same buildings appear dilapidated.
10 am-5 pm, until Feb 22
Paris Beijing Photo Gallery, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
8459-9263
The opening exhibition of the studio, entitled Search and Research, features the video and installation works and photographs by Finish artist Kristiina Koskentola, as well as paintings by American artist Keith Yurdana. Koskentola's works have been developed during her travels in Asia and her three months' stay in the Imagine Gallery as a resident artist. The works are about identity, origin and memory. Three large panels are the central focus of Yurdana's efforts this winter. They address issues of belief, myth and the natural world.
2 - 8 pm, until Feb 24
Imagine Gallery & Red Gate Artist-in-Residency Studio,
8, Laiguangying Donglu,
Chaoyang District
6438-5747
Works by Brazilian artists Caio Raizevitz, Nelson Leirner, Eder Santos and Regina Silveira on display this weekend.
10 am-6 pm, until Feb 25
Marella Gallery, 4, Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
6433-4055
Sculptor Li Yuduan employs ceramics to create bright cadence and exaggerate images. Drawing inspiration from ordinary life, Li portrays familiar scenes with rich imagination. A young couple lie on bed chatting intimately with each other; a lovely girl sleeps in the stamen of a flower; fish swim in the middle of a plate, splashing water on its rim.
10 am- 5 pm, until Feb 26
Schultz Gallery, 319 Caochangdi, Cuigezhuang, Chaoyang District
6432-5093
Recent works of contract artists include paintings, sculptures and photographs, offering a peek into the impact of the changing environment on urban lives. Works include those by Zhu Wei and Zhou Jun.
10 am-5 pm, until Feb 28
Red Gate Gallery, Dongbianmen Watchtower, Chongwen District
6525-1005
The works on show focus on issues of cultural and social change affecting China today. Migration, displacement, changing cityscapes and social values are addressed in the works of such artists as Wang Yuping, Guan Wei and Han Qing.
11 am-6 pm, until Feb 28
798 Red Gate Gallery, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
6438-1005
A joint exhibition, titled Random, by eight contemporary Chinese artists. Based on their common overseas study experience, they present their distinctive perspective in a unique style.
10am-7pm, until Feb 28
Triumph Art Space, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
8459-9639
Renowned Chinese ink painter Wu Guanzhong is to hold a solo exhibition in Beijing.
Entitled Wu Guanzhong Goes to 798 Art Zone, the exhibition displays 80 ink and calligraphic works that the 89-year-old artist has created over the past two years, says curator Jia Fangzhou.
The English and French editions of Wu's painting album will be released during the show.
9:30 am -6:30 pm, March 2-15
Art Bridge Gallery, D09-1, 798 Art Zone, 4 Jiuxianqiaolu, Chaoyang District
6433-1798
To greet the Spring Festival, the National Art Museum of China has prepared a feast of Chinese folk art. On show are about 270 sets of New Year pictures and kites selected from over 4,000 pieces collected by the museum over the past decades, from masters of folk art in over 10 provinces and regions. Also on display are about 60 festive paintings by master painters such as Li Keran, Jin Meisheng, Li Qun, Gu Yuan and Zhang Ding.
9 am-5pm, until Feb 29
National Art Museum of China, 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng District
6401-7076
Ku Art Center is hosting a group show of contemporary art titled Authentic. On display are over 30 works of sculpture, installations, oil paintings, paperwork, photography and videos by nine young Chinese artists, including Gu Ying, Meng Botong and Liu Ren. The highly individualistic works resist categorization and the artists are different to the movement of artists born in the 1980s.
10 am 5 pm, until Feb 29
Ku Art Center, B-006 Kufang Guojiyishucheng Huantie Lu, Jiangtaixiang, Chaoyang District
8456-0850
(China Daily 02/22/2008 page20)
