Exhibitions
50 Years of Bond Style
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movie series, Minsheng Art Museum is holding an exhibition entitled 50 Years of Bond Style as a tribute to the classic British agent 007 and his legion of fans. A total number of 548 exhibits from the 23 movies will be showcased, including documents, props, costumes, weapons, vehicles and photographs for the original movies.
Date: Until June 30, 10 am to 9 pm (closed on Mondays)
Venue: Minsheng Art Museum
民生现代美术馆
Address: Bldg F, 570 Huaihai Road West
淮海西路570号F座
Tickets: 80 to 200 yuan
Call 6282-8729 for details
Tension of Contrast
Danish artist Christina Julsgaard is also a fashion designer. She uses joyful colors in her abstract paintings to force the graphic tensions between squares, stripes, black heavy strokes and splashes with fine lines of ink. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in Shanghai, and in which she attaches poetry and imagination to her art.
Date: Until May 17, 2 pm to 9:30 pm (closed on Mondays)
Venue: Noeli Gallery 诺易画廊
Address: 150B Yueyang Road
岳阳路150号B
Admission: Free
Call 6431-9442 for details
On Stage
Katarzyna Musial Piano Recital
Accomplished Polish-Canadian pianist Katarzyna Musial has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Her playing was described by New York Concert Review as "a pure delight ... wonderfully evocative ... vividly detailed ... interpretation that plumbed emotional depths with harmonic coloring." In addition to winning many awards, Musial won first prize at the 2011 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York. She has also performed at Carnegie Hall, at the Vancouver Olympic Games and at the Tempietto Festival Musicale della Nazioni (Rome), as well as hosting concerto performances with many world-renowned orchestras.
Date: May 15, 7:45 pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center 上海东方艺术中心
Address: 425 Dingxiang Road
丁香路425号
Tickets: 50 to 300 yuan
Call 6854-1234 for details
Sandy Lam Shanghai Concert
Sandy Lam, also known as Lam Yik Lin, is a Cantopop singer who sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Japanese. Born in 1966 in Hong Kong, she began her singing career at the age of 18. She gained popularity throughout the Mandarin-speaking world with her debut release "Home Again Without You" in 1991. In 2001, Lam appeared in the Beijing leg of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Masterpiece, which also featured West End and Broadway star Elaine Paige and best-selling recording artist Kris Phillips.
Date: May 11, 7:30 pm
Venue: Shanghai Grand Stage
上海大舞台
Address: 1111 Caoxi Road North
漕溪北路1111号
Tickets: 20 to 1,280 yuan
Call 400-610-3721 for details
Forever Yin Xueyan
After the huge success of the adapted plays The Peony Pavilion and The Story of a Hairpin, the Taiwan playwright Pai Hsien-yung has unveiled his new drama Forever Yin Xueyan, which is adapted from his own novella. The music drama will be performed in Shanghai dialect. The director Xu Jun said he would like to show the true spirit and value of Shanghai in this play, as well as the glamour of Shanghai dialect and culture.
Date: Until May 12, 7:30 pm
Venue: Shanghai Culture Square 上海文化广场
Address: 597 Fuxing Road Middle
复兴中路597号
Tickets: 80 to 580 yuan
Call 6470-6000 for details
Outdoor Music Concert
Last year, the Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden held its first outdoor music concert in April which was warmly received. This year, the Prague Symphony Orchestra will perform at the garden for Shanghai music lovers. The program will include film scores from Star Wars and Harry Potter, songs from musicals The Phantom of the Opera and Cats, as well as classical works such as Strauss' Blue Danube, Op.314 and Beethoven's Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92, 4th Movement.
Date: May 19, 5:45 pm
Venue: Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden 上海辰山植物园
Address: 3888 Chenhua Road
辰花公路3888号
Tickets: 200 to 300 yuan
Call 3779-2288 Ext 800 for details
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
The Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse acts as both a symphony orchestra whose main residence is Toulouse's Halle aux Grains, and the permanent orchestra of the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse. The orchestra rose to prominence during Michel Plasson's tenure as music director, from 1968 to 2003. Within 12 years, the orchestra had improved enough to earn the term "national" in its name, which it acquired in 1980. In 2011 the French national paper Le Figaro reviewed the top 25 orchestras in France listing the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in the top three.
Date: May 13, 7:30 pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center 上海东方艺术中心
Address: 425 Dingxiang Road
丁香路425号
Tickets: 80 to 580 yuan
Call 6854-1234 for details
Nightlife
The Dodos China Tour
The American indie rock band The Dodos will be visiting China this month, and Shanghai will be the first stop of the tour. Founded in 2005 in California, the band consists of two members, vocalist and guitar player Meric Long and drummer Logan Kroeber. The band has released four albums and its hits include "Red and Purple," "Fools," "Fables," " "Companions" and "Good."
Date: May 25, 2:30 pm and 9:30 pm
Venues: Yuyintang and Live Bar
Addresses: 851 Kaixuan Road
凯旋路851号
West Building, 800 Art Creative Garden, 800 Guoshun Road East
国顺东路800号上海800艺术区西楼
Tickets: 30 yuan
Call 5237-8662 and 2833-6764 for more information
Jazz Concert Sing Twice
Belgian musician Eric Legnini is one of the most talented artists on the international jazz scene, known for his diversified musical styles including soul and afro beat. Together with his band and the English crooner, Hugh Coltman, Legnini's concert will feature a string of jazz tunes that will delight music lovers. The concert will feature Fender Rhodes on piano, Franck Agulhon on drums, and Thomas Bramerie on double bass.
Date: Tuesday, 10 pm
Venue: JZ Club
Address: 46 Fuxing Road West
复兴西路46号
Tickets: 80 yuan for pre-sale, 120 yuan at the door
Call 6431-0269 for details