Upcoming cultural events in Beijing

Exhibits

Spring oil paintings

Qin Gallery's exhibition, Spring Contemporary Oil Paintings, features more than 30 works by young Chinese painters such as Chen Xiaoxiong and Liu Wanmin.

Through a variety of images and approaches, the paintings reflect the artists' perceptions of the age they live in, their lives and social environments.

March 1 to 31. Qin Gallery, Enjoy Paradise Huawei Li 1-1E (north of Beijing Curio City) Chaoyang district, 8779-0461.

朝阳区华威里1-1E北京古玩城北边

I Wanna Be Adored

Taking its title from a popular 1991 single by the British rock band the Stone Roses, I Wanna Be Adored, Russian-born artist Andreas Golder's solo exhibition presents a selection of new works produced during the course of his tenure as artist-in-residence at the Galerie Urs Meile Studio in Beijing.

While the exhibition draws its immediate impact from Golder's sinister mash-ups, his practice cannot be characterized as an exercise in pastiche - an inside joke designed to unravel the narrative of painting's development through arbitrary citation.

Instead, Golder has stitched together the mismatched and sometimes maimed parts of painting's conflicted upbringing with a methodical zeal, suturing together the works in his exhibition with great clarity of purpose and thematic unity.

Like Frankenstein's monster, the twisted visages and desperate goddesses that people Golder's exhibition share a common, fatal flaw: they are desperate to be loved.

Until April 10, 11 am-6:30 pm. Galerie Urs Meile Studio Beijing, 104 Caochangdi, Chaoyang district, 6433-3393.

麦勒画廊 北京 - 卢森

Events

Concert: Song of Spring

China People's Armed Police Force Male Chorus will present a Chinese and Western classic chorus concert.

The conductor, Zheng Jian, is a senior colonel, national class-A conductor and graduate of the department of conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music.

China People's Armed Police Force Art Troupe was established in May 1983. It is the newest professional art group of the PLA.

Feb 22, 7:30 pm. National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district, 6655-0000.

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DJ Pete Rock show

Pete Rock is coming to Beijing to perform at Yugong Yishan later this month.

In 1992, together with C.L. Smooth, Rock released Mecca And The Soul Brother, one of the most critically-acclaimed hip hop albums of all time.

Since then, he has lent his production skills to some fantastic MC's, including Nas, Biggie, Jeru The Damaja and, more recently, Jim Jones.

Recently he has been stationed in Hawaii working with Kanye West on the latter's fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and is planning to reunite with C.L. Smooth in 2011 in a project together with Big Pooh as well as a third duo album.

He will be releasing his fourth solo album on Nature Sounds this year.

Feb 26, 9 pm. Yugong Yishan, west courtyard of the site of the former Duan Qirui government, Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng district, 6404-2711.

东城区张自忠路3-2号, 段祺瑞执政府旧址西院, 愚公移山

Li Xiangting guqin recital

Guqin artist Li Xiangting began studying this traditional instrument in 1957 and has since held personal shows in China and abroad.

He was elected one of the "Outstanding Individuals of the Ministry of Culture in the Conservation of Cultural Heritages" in 2009.

Li is a professor of the China Central Conservatory of Music, vice-chairman of the Beijing Guqin Research Association, and director of the China Guqin Committee.

Feb 25, 7:30 pm. National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district, 6655-0000.

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Works by Tchaikovsky

This is a selection of Tchaikovsky's works from conductor Tan Lihua, who is vice-chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association.

Tan has successful collaborations with a range of international orchestras, such as London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic and Israel Philharmonic.

As an active conductor in China, Tan has had a presence in nearly 1,000 concerts at major cities across the country.

In 2000, he also served as resident conductor of the Russian State Symphony Orchestra.

Feb 26, 7:30 pm. National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district, 6655-0000.

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China Daily

(China Daily 02/22/2011)