Shanghai Contemporary Music Week 2026: Classic and New Orchestral Works

The classics and new voices orchestral concert of the 2026 Shanghai Contemporary Music Week, subtitle 「从苏州河到内蒙古草原」, is in the Opera Hall of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House on 20 November (Friday) at 19:30. The week is presented by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, with Liao Changyong as artistic director. Zhao Xiaoou conducts the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra in six works, one a world premiere and one a Chinese premiere. The concert runs about 120 minutes, with a 15-minute interval. The first half is Wu Jixue's Echoes, for dizi and orchestra, 2023, dizi Chen Hongxuan; Xiao Jinhan's Four Odes to the Abyssal Seas, for large orchestra, 2026, world premiere; Zhao Guang's Suzhou Creek, movements six and seven, 2024. After the interval, György Kurtág's Grabstein für Stephan, Op. 15c, for guitar and orchestra, 1978, Chinese premiere, guitar Min Zhenqi, yangqin Zhu Kexuan; Alatanmoni's Snowy Reverie, for erhu and orchestra, 2024, erhu Chen Ziwen; Jin Ping's Dances and Ballads, three orchestral pieces: Lao Liuban, Short Song and Axi People Dancing Under the Moon, 2024. Xiao Jinhan and Alatanmoni are students at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Conductor

Zhao Xiaoou

Orchestra

Ningbo Symphony Orchestra

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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