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Beijing Symphony Orchestra

Date: Sept 2 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 80-400 yuan

Praised as "The Orchestral Pearl of the Capital of China," the Beijing Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was established in October 1977, and is a focal point of musical art, performance and culture in China today. The BSO has known worldwide for its impeccable standards, as well as for the depth of its western and Chinese repertoire. Sergey Roldugin was born in 1951 on the Sakhalin Island. At the age of five, he began to play music, initially the piano, and at the age of eight - the cello. He graduated from a musical school in Riga (1970), the Leningrad Conservatory (1975), completed Professor Anatoly Nikitin's class, who directed his assistantship - internship. Sergey Roldugin is the laureate of the Prague Spring International Music Festival (1980), People's Artist of Russia. Pavel Milyukov was born 1984 in Perm (Ural region of Russia). He began studying the violin at four years old with Tatyana Shevtsova. At the age of seven, he played the first time with the orchestra. At the age of ten, he won two Russian contests - the contest of A. Korsakov, and "The Magic Bow". In the year 2000, he entered the College of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory to the class of professor, People's Artist Vladimir Ivanov. During 2004 to 2009, he studied in Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of professor Vladimir Ivanov. From 2009 to 2012, he pursued postgraduate in the same place. At the present time, he studies in the class of Boris Kuschnir at the Music University in Graz, Austria.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Mahua FunAge Drama QR Code Killer

Date: Sept 13-14 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Comedy Theatre

Price: 180-680 yuan

Is the motive unknown? And so is the method or eyewitness? Six people are killed within 3 years, yet there is nothing but a QR code left on the scenes. Is this what is so-called perfect crime? The bodies stabbed in the head with a knife disappear incredibly, and is this going to get the case investigation beyond control? The stage set is renovated and refined to create a city of sin that looks both illusive and real. The stage looks like a real one from which you can see the Oscar award ceremony, the Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital in the Chinatown, the American street and the pleasure ground.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Against The Current 2017 Live in Shanghai

Date: Sept 24 - 8 pm

Venue: Bandai Namco Shanghai Base Dream Hall

Price: 280 yuan

In the past few years, the group achieved a considerable amount of fame on YouTube after posting covers of various songs while working with other well-known YouTube cover artists such as Alex Goot and Sam Tsui. Now, Against The Current has evolved from an upstart band to an unstoppable trio. The band currently boasts over 1.7 million YouTube subscribers and 150 million channel views, while Chrissy has over 1.6 million Facebook likes, 1 million Instagram followers and 460,000 Twitter followers. The band, formed by Chrissy Costanza, Dan Gow and Will Ferri in 2011 in Poughkeepsie, NY, unveiled their first song, "Thinking," in mid-2012 and self-released two Eps in the years that followed. Their 2015 release Gravity, sent the band on a world tour, playing venues across the US, Europe and Asia and selling out shows everywhere from Tokyo to Amsterdam to Paris. The album'In Our Bones' as a whole encompasses a range of feelings and experiences, as well as stylistic tones. Lyrically, Chrissy took inspiration from other music and books she was reading, and drew a lot from her own experiences.

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Budweiser Storm Music Festival in Beijing

Date: Sept 9-10 - 2pm

Venue: Tong Ying Yan West Lake Golf Club

Price: 380-680 yuan

Aiming for producing music events with international standards, Budweiser Storm Music Festival has been constantly showcasing world's top music producers/DJs including Hardwell, Skrillex, Tiesto, Afrojack, just to name a few. It also takes credit for historical collaborations of local singers and international producers including, Leehom Wang&Avicii, Jane Zhang&Tiesto, Jolin Tsai&Alesso, etc. Since its inception in 2013, the annual attendance of Bud Storm has rocked from 20,000 straight up to 180,000 in 2016, with shows covering five major cities in China. It also once won the "Best Music Festival Award" from "Time Out Shanghai", a well-known magazine. Since its inception in 2013, the annual attendance of Bud Storm has rocked from 20,000 straight up to 180,000 in 2016, with shows covering five major cities in China. It also once won the "Best Music Festival Award" from "Time Out Shanghai", a well-known magazine. Budweiser Storm Music Festival has cast a great impact on the domestic music industry. With the promotion and education of electronic music scene, Bud Storm will generate a bigger fan base and talent pool in the future.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Nick Vujicic 2017 World Tour

Date: Sept 3 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Shenzhen Bay Sports Center

Price: 180-980 yuan

Vujicic was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1982, to Dusanka and Borislav Vujicic, Serbian immigrants from Yugoslavia. His parents became active in a Melbourne church. His mother attended nursing school at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne while his father worked in business management. He was born with tetra-amelia without some fully formed limbs. According to his autobiography, his mother refused to see him or hold him while the nurse held him in front of her, but she and her husband eventually accepted their son's condition and understood it as God's plan for their son. Vujicic has two small and deformed feet, one of which he calls his "chicken drumstick" because of its shape. Originally, he was born with the toes of that foot fused. An operation was performed to separate the toes so that he could use them as fingers to grab, turn a page, or perform other functions. He has been able to use his foot to operate an electric wheelchair, a computer and a mobile phone. Vujicic attempted suicide but notes that he had an "amazingly normal childhood". Vujicic thrived in his teenage and young adult years despite being bullied. After his mother showed him a newspaper article about a man dealing with a severe disability when he was seventeen, he started to give talks at his prayer group. Vujicic graduated from Griffith University at the age of 21 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with a double major in accountancy and financial planning.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Comedy Happy Dinner

Date: Sept 2-3 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Comedy Theater

Price: 60-320 yuan

The storyline of urban comedy Happy Dinner coherent and its complex character relationship lead audiences into a "delicate situation". At the same time, ubiquitous "awkwardness" throws audiences into convulsions. This drama reflects real life from dimensions of both marriage and free Platonic love, revealing the collision and division between humanity and morality.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

OneRepublic 2017 Live

Date: Sept 27 - 8 pm

Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai

Price: 380-1,280 yuan

From track to track, OneRepublic parallel the extraordinary scope of the album's creation by blending altrock, gospel, synth-pop, nu-disco, and folk. OneRepublic are now setting their sights on another journey across the globe. With extensive touring in the future, including support to U2 on their Joshua Tree Tour, the band looks forward to bringing even more new music back to the very places where it first came to life.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Musical West Side Story

Date: Nov 23-Dec 6 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Culture Square

Price: 200-1,000 yuan

Provocative finger snapping of street gangs, Puerto Rican girls' whirling skirts on New York City's flat roofs, derelict West Side backyards - just a few notes of Leonard Bernstein's world-famous score, featuring songs such as Maria, Tonight, Somewhere, America and I Feel Pretty, immediately evoke these images of West Side Story. At its 1957 Broadway premiere the musical redefined an entire genre both musically and in terms of dance. The genius of its four creators - Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim - produced a piece whose great artistic quality remains unquestioned to this day. The film version won ten Oscars and brought the masterwork to an audience of millions just a few years later. Today West Side Story stands unchallenged as the No. 1 of American musical theater - daring, realistic, and as relevant as on the day of its premiere.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Children's Theater: The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Date: Sept 6-9 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 180-300 yuan

This English-language play for kids is based on the picture book by Judith Kerr and was nominated for 2012 Olivier Award for Best Family Entertainment. The action kicks off when the doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!

Contact: 010-6655-0000