Listings

Sleeping Beauty by Russian State Ballet in Shanghai

Date: Dec 26-27 - 7:15 pm

Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Centre

Price: 80-880 yuan

Russian State Ballet brings a classic to the stage. For a long time, the king and queen and the entire court with them have yearned for the birth of their daughter, Princess Aurora. But none of them reckoned with Carabosse, the wicked fairy godmother. And so fate takes its course: On her 16th birthday, Aurora pricks her finger and falls into a deep slumber, taking the castle and all its inhabitants with her - until a prince comes ...

Contact: 400-610-3721

E-mail: ponypiao@damai.cn

Website: en.damai.cn/event/tickets_66479/

Recital

Zakhar Bron: Violin Recital

Date: Dec 22 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Forbidden City Concert Hall Beijing, west side of Tian'anmen Square

Price: 50-580 yuan

There's a snarky saying that those who can, do, and those who can't, teach. But violinist and master teacher Zakhar Bron snaps that theory like a catgut string. Bron's list of students reads like a world-class violinist roll call, including Vadim Repin, Daniel Hope, Christoph Seybold, Sayaka Shoji and Nikolay Madoyan. His teaching abilities have landed him work at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Rotterdam Conservatory, the Musikhochschule Lubeck and the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofa in Madrid. Zakhar Bron is considered one of the best.

Contact: 400-610-3721

E-mail: ponypiao@damai.cn

Website: en.damai.cn/event/tickets_73796/