Coming up
Stage
Wang Yujia
Young pianist Wang Yujia is performing in Shanghai for one day only next month. Born in Beijing in 1987, she began to learn to play the piano at the age of six and later studied under renowned pianist Gary Graffman. Her debut recording album will be published soon. The program is made up of a series of sonatas for piano by Scaralatti, and Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Paganini.
June 6, 7:15 pm
Shanghai Grand Theatre
300 Renmin Avenue
人民大道300号，上海大剧院
Tel: 6386-8686
Tickets: 80-380 yuan
Towards Zero
Xiandairen Theater has produced one more detective work by famed novelist Agatha Christie. Christie herself adapted the novel for the theater in 1956. It tells the story of an old woman confined to her bed who invites several guests to her seaside home for the summer, but things soon take a turn for the worse.
May 25-June 7, 7:30 pm
Drama Theater, Shanghai Grand Theatre
300 Renmin Avenue
人民大道300号，上海大剧院
Tel: 6386-8686
Tickets: 100-200 yuan
US Symphony Orchestra
The National Symphony Orchestra of the United States is holding a concert featuring conductor Ivan Fischer and violinist Leonidas Kavakos. The program will comprise: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg by Wagner, Violin Concerto by Mendelssohn, and Symphony No. 7 by Dvorak.
June 16, 7:30 pm
Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Concert Hall
425 Dingxiang Road
丁香路425号，上海东方艺术中心
Tel: 6854-1234
Tickets: 100-1,600 yuan
Zhou Libo
With a growing following, the comedian is becoming increasingly popular in Shanghai. Zhou's stand-up routine covers the history of Shanghai and is peppered with witty anecdotes using the local dialect.
June 1-3, 5-7, 11-14, 17-18, 21-23, 7:30 pm
Majestic Theater
66 Jiangning Road
江宁路66号，美琪大剧院
Tel: 6217-2426
Tickets: 100-380 yuan
Exhibitions
Daily Rituals
A de facto collage of past exhibitions from the Shanghai Gallery of Art, Daily Rituals features artists who use diverse media to express their relationship with everyday life. Reality is not just a subject matter for representation; instead their conscious reflections of reality instill a spirit of imagination and free will, turning something concrete into an open field of possibilities. Art is not just about production but becomes a form for disciplinary practice, turning everyday routines into provocative actions.
May 23 - July 13
Shanghai Gallery of Art
3F, Three on the Bund, 3 Zhongshan No. 1 Road E
中山东一路3号3楼，沪申画廊
Tel: 6321-5757
Blackboard
Fu Shaodong has placed a 12-meter blackboard at H-space in ShanghART gallery and has invited a group of China's leading contemporary artists to react to it.
May 23 - June 30
ShanghART H-Space
Building 18, 50 Moganshan Road
莫干山路50号，18号楼，艺术景仓库
Tel: 6359-3923
Yang Fudong
The latest works by video artist Yang Fudong are being shown under the theme of "Dawn Mist, Separation Faith," which is made up of three episodes. The first episode is a video installation comprising repeated shots of one setting. Yang is a contemporary artist exhibited widely at art shows worldwide.
May 24 - Aug 23 (9 am - 6 pm)
Zendai Museum of Modern Art
28, Lane 199 Fangdian Road
芳甸路199弄28号
Tel: 5033-9801
Garden Bridge
The historical bridge straddling Suzhou Creek is featured in a new photo exhibition at the Broadway Mansion, a building that dates back some 75 years. Over 20 photographs by Xiao Kexiao are exhibited. A video work about the bridge and its history is also included in the show.
May 27 - June 4
Belle Vue Restaurant, 2F, Broadway Mansions
20 Suzhou Road N.
苏州北路20号，上海大厦2楼
Tel: 1390-1642-466
Artistic cash flow
Art curator Biljana Cirit has put together an exhibition aimed at challenging the existing operating pattern of the art market. Highlights include a photo art duet called "Birdhead" that plans to print licensed copies of contemporary artists' works on cheap paper. Artist Li Mu is waiting until 2020 before he releases all his works to the public.
May 30 - July 20
Osage Gallery
93 Duolun Road
多伦路93号，奥赛画廊
Tel: 5671-3605
Charm
Tang Yaozhong shows the nostalgia and love he has for his hometown with these series of paintings. The professor of art at East China Normal University combines classicism and realism to depict the beauty of daily life in a Chinese town.
Until May 29 (10 am - 6 pm)
Shang Gallery
529, 5F, Sihang Warehouse, No. 1 Guangfu Road
光复路1号，四行仓库5楼529室，尚画廊
Tel: 1306-1621-246
Events
Electronic music
German composers Sam Auinger and Hannes Strobl have created a new musical niche based on urban sounds collected from Berlin and Shanghai. A live concert will be held for their music tonight and also features local musician Chen Jia.
May 23, 7 pm
Shanghai Electronic Art Center, 395 Shilong Road
石龙路395号上海电子产业基地
Tel: 3226-0502
SCAA anniversary
SCAA (Second Chance Animal Aid) is an NGO devoted to the rescue of stray animals. The Shanghai-based outfit will hold its four-year anniversary next week with founder Carol Wolfson returning to the city for the celebration. A 100-yuan entry fee entitles visitors to pig out at the dim sum buffet and enter a free raffle to win a Lushan Tangka, a unique art from Tibet.
June 3, 6 pm
Lushan Framing & Interiors
Building 2, 1509 Zhongshan Road W.
中山西路1509号2号楼
Tel: 6281-7130
Bulgarian rose
Shanghai Times Square holds its first Bulgarian Art Week, featuring a Bulgarian art exhibition of 50 paintings by Kristina Thomsen and Bulgarian rose garden display by Biofresh Cosmetic.
Until May 31
Shanghai Times Square
99 Huaihai Road M.
淮海中路99号，大上海时代广场
Tel: 6391-0691
(China Daily 05/23/2009 page14)
