Daddy daughter duo
Celebrated cellist Mischa Maisky hopes to dazzle with his passionate performance in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
Maisky catches people's attention with his appearance. He has a huge mustache and frizzled long gray hair, and wears crumpled tuxedos.
His performance style is as wild as his appearance. He's known for energetic shows, featuring exaggerated movements.
He deeply admires Bach. His career highlight came when he staged a worldwide Bach tour of more than 100 concerts in 2000.
Maisky's recordings have won the Record Academy Prize in Tokyo five times and Grammy nominations.
The cellist will perform with his daughter, longtime performance partner and rising pianist, Lily Maisky.
8 pm, May 27. Opera Hall of Guangzhou Opera House, Exit B1 of Zhujiang New Town subway station at the interchange of subway lines 3 and line 5, Guangzhou. 020-3839-2888.
Jazz it up
Beijing Jungle Big Band, one of the best jazz bands in town, will team up with a choir and three sopranos for a concert featuring Chinese folk and Western religious songs.
They will perform such heavenly melodies as The Pledge, Panis Angelicus, The Holy City and Chinese pieces including Flower in Water, My Life and Woman's Song.
Comprising five saxophonists, four trombone players, four trumpet players, a drummer, a pianist, a bassist and a guitarist, the 7-year-old group is China's biggest jazz band.
Soprano Wang Feifei is one of the leading singers in China specializing in crossover music. She learned Chinese folk music at a young age and later explored Western singing style. Flower in Water is her trademark song.
7:30, June 11. Poly Theater, 14 Dongzhimen Nandajie, Dongcheng district, Beijing. 010-65186551/2.
Piano party
The Eighth French Aux Jacobins Piano Festival in Beijing will feature concerts by jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson on May 25, Japanese pianist Kotaro Fukuma on May 26 and French pianist Adam Laloum on May 27.
The annual festival was inaugurated in Toulouse, France, in 1979. Since 2005, its artistic directors - Catherine d'Argoubet and Paul-Arnaud Pjouan - have created strong links between the festival and China by organizing concerts in China.
7:30 pm, May 25 to 27. Forbidden City Concert Hall, inside Zhongshan Park, northwest of Tiananmen Square, Beijing. 010-6559-8285.
A night of enchanting
Violinist Jean-Philippe Audoli and pianist Blandine Eynaud will bring the charm of their music to Swissotel Grand Shanghai on June 5.
Jean-Philippe Audoli has been violinist for more than 25 years with the Ludwig Quartet. His recordings have received the Grand Prix of the MIDEM in Cannes and four other major international prizes. With an established reputation as a soloist, he now plays in over 100 concerts a year.
Blandine Eynaud was awarded several gold medals at the Conservatoire National in Lyon, the Ecole Normale Alfred Cortot in Paris, and at the Conservatoire Superieur in Geneva.
6:30 pm, June 5. Swissotel Grand Shanghai, 1 Yuyuan Lu, Shanghai. 021-5355-9898 Ext 6514.
Beijing goes pop
Pop-rock star Jason Mraz, who rocketed to international acclaim with his bubbly pop track I'm Yours in 2008, will hit the mainland in June with a performance at Beijing Worker's Gymnasium to promote his album Tour is a Four-Letter Word, which was released on April 17. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter will bring a full two-hour show with old hits and new songs.
8 pm, June 12 (Beijing); June 14 (Shanghai). Beijing Workers Gymnasium. Gongti Beilu, Dongcheng district, Beijing; Shanghai Grand Stage. 400-620-6006.
(China Daily)
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