Music

International presence Jaap van Zweden appears to conduct the New York Philharmonic at the NCPA. The orchestra will play works by Mendelsson and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony on March 8th and works by Brahms and The Rites of Spring by Stravinsky on March 9th.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: http://en.chncpa.org/whatson/zdyc/201710/t20171024_178397.shtml

Tan Lihua conducts the Beijing Symphony Orchestra with Bösendorfer artist and pianist Yuan Fang as soloist for this International Women’s Day Concert. The upbeat programme includes Strauss’s Voices of Spring and Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: http://en.chncpa.org/whatson/zdyc/201710/t20171026_178471.shtml

Maestro Alexander Bloch, a new-generation French conductor, will join the NCPA Orchestra and Chorus to present two chorus and orchestra works by Debussy and CHEN Qigang as well as Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 and No. 4. The concert programme features the world premiere of CHEN Qigang’s Jiang Tcheng Tse, a work jointly commissioned by NCPA and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, as well as the choral version of Debussy's Nocturnes, a rarely performed piece in China.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: http://en.chncpa.org/whatson/zdyc/201705/t20170526_171134.shtml

Ehrhard Wetz conducts the Mannheim Brass Band, an ensemble of excellent students and graduates of the Mannheim Conservatory. Organist Li Yihua appears as the soloist for a programme of modern and baroque music, including works by Handel, Puccini, Bach, Steven Roberts and Irving Berlin.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: http://en.chncpa.org/whatson/zdyc/201712/t20171228_180965.shtml

Catch some of Beijing’s favourite folk and indie artists at this Saturday jam session at Mogu Space. Hear indie rocker Pu Han, who counts Damien Rice and Leonard Cohen among his influences, 60’s and 70’s rock inspired Li Eryang and Tibetan folk-rocker Dan Zengga plus many others in this relaxed late afternoon concert.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/45862

Artist Zhang Chu had a profound influence on early Chinese rock. His most important work, Shameful Being All Alone, released in 1994, continues to influence a generation of Chinese artists. Hear covers of his work by megafan and folk-rocker Fofox on March 4th.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/46187

The Great Buffalo Blues began with two players who just wanted to write and play songs that told the true stories, and then they expanded into a three piece electric blues band. Dooder brought his cajon, his guitar and his soul man style. Kamau brought his guitar and vocals. Together, the duo started crafting songs that weaved funk rhythms and blues to bring to stage songs like "If I Told You I loved You," "Dream Song," "7th Floor," and "While We Were Sleeping." They’re joined by five-man rock group Mr. S for their show at 69 Cafe on March 2nd.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/44437

Rock out at Yue Space on March 11th with their Spring Sunshine concert. Punks Grapes Aren’t Angry take the stage with alternative/emo band Flash Stars plus alt-rockers Black Mint and Hitomi take the stage for this punk rock show.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/V5pCZiWsOIBuf0NuMe-aGg

Singer-songwriter and producer James Blunt has topped charts in the US and UK since 2005. He’s sold over 20 million records, won two Brit Awards and received five Grammy nominations. The award-winning pop-rock and folk-rock artist comes back to Beijing on April 6th.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.douban.com/event/30066948/

There’s a crack in everything - that’s how the light gets in. This is one of Leonard Cohen’s most famous quotes, and a favourite of Pu Han, a folk artist who counts Cohen among his major inspirations. See him as he performs an set of Cohen covers and Cohen-inspired originals at 69 Cafe on February 25th.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/46447