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(China Daily/thebeijinger.com)
Updated: 2008-09-26 11:04 CONCERTS **On Oct 4 and 5, two special concerts will be given at Haidian Theater. Sun Guoqing, the popular pop singer and talk show host and Liu Jian, the American-Chinese conductor, will take turns to conduct the Beijing New Philharmonic Orchestra to play well-known classical pieces by Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky and Chinese folk music. In between the musical segments, Sun will teach the audience to sing O Sole Mio and also present a humorous take on how to conduct an orchestra. The concert aims to provide an easy approach to classic music which most people view as serious stuff. 7:30 pm, Oct 4, 5 28 Zhongguancun Street 4007079999 5815-1155 **The acclaimed French pianist Pascal Roge will give a recital featuring an all-French program at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Sept 30. The Paris-born Roge exemplifies the finest in French pianism; his playing of Poulenc, Satie, Faur and Ravel in particular is characterized by elegance, beauty and delicate phrasing - his name is synonymous with the best playing of French repertory in the world today. He has won many prestigious awards including two Gramophone Awards, a Grand Prix du Disque and an Edison award for his interpretations of the Ravel and Saint-Saens concertos. He has performed in almost every major concert hall in the world. Some of the orchestras he has appeared with include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, l'Orchestre de Paris, l'Orchestre National de Radio France, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Vienna Symphony Orchestra and all the major London orchestras. 7:30 pm, Sept 30 Inside the Zhongshan Park 5166-4511 5123-3866 |
