Shanghai Contemporary Music Week 2026: Chinese Orchestral Works

The Chinese orchestra concert of the 2026 Shanghai Contemporary Music Week, subtitle 「天鹅与飞歌」, is in the Opera Hall of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House on 21 November (Saturday) at 19:30. The week is presented by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, with Liao Changyong as artistic director. Sun Peng conducts the Wuxi Chinese National Orchestra in seven works, one a world premiere. The concert runs about 120 minutes, with a 15-minute interval. The first half is Zhong Juncheng's Flying Song of Guihai, for suona and Chinese orchestra, 2026, world premiere, suona Wang Shuai; Zheng Yang's The Forbidden City, Op. 37, the fifth movement of the Chinese orchestral suite Central Axis, 2020; Liu Dehai's Swan, for pipa and Chinese orchestra, arranged by Yang Qing, pipa Yang Jing; Xu Changjun's Fusion, 2009. After the interval, Li Bochan's Centennial Nirvana, for suona and Chinese orchestra, 2021, suona Liu Wenwen; Liu Qing's Yarkand upon the Strings, 2016; Zhou Xianglin's Grand Song of Kucha, 2018.

Suona

Liu Wenwen

On sale from 17:00 on 9 November 2026 on the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House website. Tickets 280, 120 and 80 yuan, plus 惠民票 at 50 and 30 yuan; the organisers note that seats at 30 yuan may have a partial view. Limit 6 per order. The ticket notice states that tickets are not refundable or exchangeable once sold.

• Limit 6 tickets per order

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