Friday, November 30, 2012

Stars shine at New Year concerts

Shenzhen TV recently announced it will stage four New Year's concerts in 2011's final months.

The performances will feature more than 30 A-listers, including mainlanders Zhang Ziyi, Na Ying, Chen Chusheng and Shang Wenjie; Mai Meng and Fei Yu-ching from Taiwan; and Sammi Cheng and Andy Hui from Hong Kong. Pianist Lang Lang will also perform. Three other "mystery guests" will take the stage, too.

The first concert was recently held in Jilin's provincial capital Changchun. The show will head to Liaoning province's Dalian city on Nov 27 and Beijing on Dec 10, with the final performance to be staged in Guangdong province's Shenzhen city on New Year's Eve.
Led by Simon Rattle, the Berlin Philharmonic opened its 2011 Asia tour with two concerts at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Nov 10 and Nov 11.

The program on Nov 10 included Ravel's Alborada del Gracioso and Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa's concerto for horn and orchestra Moment of Blossoming. On Nov 11, the orchestra performed Mahler's Symphony No 9, as part of a concert series staged by the National Center for the Performing Arts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the composer's passing.

The Berlin Philharmonic also performed in Shanghai on Nov 13 and will perform in Taipei on Nov 18 and Nov 19.

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