Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival with music

Shenzhen Concert Hall has arranged for four online and offline concerts for fans during the Dragon Boat Festival break, featuring piano and Chinese music.

Xue Miao. Photos courtesy of Shenzhen Concert Hall

Starting at 3 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, two concerts will be livestreamed at v.cctv.com and the WeChat Channel of Shenzhen Concert Hall. Thursday’s show will be a crossover concert by ruan players Xue Miao and Xu Yang in collaboration with pianist Qian Weixiang and percussionist Li Shang, who will perform “Reveries of Yunnan,” “Zhongnan Ancient Melodies” and other pieces written for the ruan, a Chinese plucked string instrument dating back almost two millennia. 

Luo Wei

Friday’s concert headlines Curtis-trained pianist Luo Wei, who will perform a colorful repertoire ranging from Mozart, Debussy, Issac Albéniz and BélaBartók to Mily Balakirev.

(From L) Huang Liying, Ji Yin and Ye Minyi

On Saturday afternoon, a free concert will be performed by pipa player Ji Yin, zheng players Huang Liying and Ye Minyi alongside their students. The program will feature familiar Chinese music pieces including “A Moonlit Night on the Spring River” and “Ambush on All Sides.”

Michiel Borstlap

On Saturday evening, Dutch pianist and composer Michiel Borstlap will perform a solo recital. Audience members will hear many of his compositions that merge the diverse styles of jazz, pop and classical with stunning improvisations. The program will include “Memory of Enchantment,” which won him a Thelonious Monk Award in the United States, “Velvet Blue Ballet,” and “Prelude in D Minor,” among others. The musician has been commissioned to compose “Avicenna,” the world’s first opera inspired by Arabian culture and written in Arabic.

Tickets (Saturday evening): 80-380 yuan

Ticketed concert booking: WeChat account “szyyt_piao”

Free concert booking: WeChat account “szyinyuet”

Time: 3 p.m., June 22, 23, 24; 7:30 p.m., June 24

Venue: 5/F, Chamber Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall (深圳音乐厅5楼小剧场)

Metro: Line 3 or 4 to Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D