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Celebrate Lantern Festival with concerts, drama
February 23 All day
A series of concerts featuring traditional Chinese music and Western classical music will be held across the city this weekend to celebrate the Lantern Festival. In addition, the Chinese stage play “Memories of Matsuko” will transport audiences into a woman’s bizarre life.
Chinese, Western pieces
The Futian Symphony Orchestra will present a night of traditional Chinese folk music and easy-listening Western classical pieces, such as Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43,” and Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan.”
Time: 8 p.m., Feb. 23
Booking: Official WeChat account “深圳大剧院票务在线”
Venue: Shenzhen Grand Theater, Luohu District (深圳大剧院)
Metro: Line 1 or 2 Grand Theater Station (大剧院站), Exit B
Trumpet, piano
On Friday, a trumpet concert performed by Chinese musicians will feature Foster’s “Blazing Bugles,” Ewazen’s “Triofor Trumpet, Violin and Piano,” Colombier’s “Emmanuel,” an aria from Bizet’s “Carmen,” and Gershwin’s “Summertime.” Then, on Saturday, sought-after pianist and teacher Yuan Fang will perform Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” Schubert’s “Three Piano Pieces, D. 946,” Gershwin’s “Preludes for Piano,” Debussy’s “Clair de Lune,” Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody, S. 244, No. 2,” and Chinese folk song “In a Place Far Far Away.”
Trumpet: 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23
Piano: 8 p.m., Feb. 24
Booking: Official WeChat account “szyyt_piao”
Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, Futian District (深圳音乐厅)
Metro: Line 3 or 4 to Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit E
Chinese folk tunes
The Huayun Chinese Music Orchestra will play Chinese folk tunes spotlighting the pipa, dongxiao, suona, and other traditional Chinese instruments.
Time: 3 p.m., Feb. 24
Booking: Official WeChat account “PingShanTheatre”
Venue: Pingshan Theater, Pingshan District (坪山大剧院)
Metro: Line 14 to Pingshan Square Station (坪山广场站), Exit D1
Chinese TV drama songs
Dreamwin, a traditional Chinese music orchestra from Guangzhou, will present three concerts featuring songs from popular Chinese period dramas. The musicians will be dressed in traditional Chinese costumes, transporting audience members into the past with mesmerizing tunes from beloved TV dramas such as “A Dream of Splendor,” “Story of Yanxi Palace,” “Lost You Forever,” “The Story of Ming Lan,” “The Untamed,” and “The Longest Day in Chang’an.”
Time 1: 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Feb. 24
Venue 1: Theater in The MixC World, Nanshan District (深圳万象天地剧场)
Booking: Official WeChat account “mixcworld”
Metro: Line 1 to Hi-tech Park Station (高新园站), Exit A
Time 2: 8 p.m., Feb. 24
Venue 2: Longgang Culture and Art Center, Longgang District (龙岗文化艺术中心)
Booking: Official WeChat account “gdszlgcc”
Metro: Line 3 to Longcheng Square Station (龙城广场站), Exit D
Chinese folk music
Shenzhen Theater’s Chinese music orchestra will play a night of Chinese folk tunes composed by esteemed masters including Liu Tianhua, Zhao Jiping, and Guan Naizhong. Featuring the erhu, Chinese flute, suona, and other traditional Chinese instruments, the program promises to infuse the Lantern Festival with a joyous vibe.
Time: 8 p.m., Feb. 24
Booking: Official WeChat miniprogram “大麦”
Venue: Shenzhen Theater, Luohu District (深圳戏院)
Metro: Line 1 or 3 to Laojie Station (老街站), Exit F
Western classical tunes
The Unicorn, a chamber music orchestra consisting of Chinese graduates from Yale School of Music, Royal Academy of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Central Conservatory of Music, and New England Conservatory of Music, will perform easy-listening Western classical pieces such as Shostakovich’s “Waltz No. 2,” Bizet’s “Carmen Overture,” Monti’s “Csárdás,” and Elgar’s “Salut d’amour.”
Time: 3 p.m., Feb. 25
Booking: Official WeChat miniprogram “大麦”
Venue: Kaixin Mahua Hongshan Theater, Zone B, Block 1, Hongshan 6979, Longhua District (红山6979商业中心一栋B区深圳开心麻花红山剧场)
Metro: Line 4 or 6 to Hongshan Station (红山站), Exit A2
‘Memories of Matsuko’
Chinese TV actress Deng Jiajia will take center stage in the Chinese-language drama “Memories of Matsuko,” a production based on the 2006 Japanese film of the same name. The story centers on Matsuko, a forgotten outcast leading a bizarre life.
Time: 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23-24
Booking: Official WeChat account “SZpolytheatre”
Venue: Shenzhen Poly Theater, Nanshan District (深圳保利剧院)
Metro: Line 2 or 11 to Houhai Station (后海站), Exit E
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