Shanghai Contemporary Music Week 2026: Vocal and Film Music

The 2026 Shanghai Contemporary Music Week concert of vocal and film music, with the subtitle 「山楂树之恋」, is on 19 November (Thursday) at 19:30 in the Opera Hall of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House. The week is presented by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music; Liao Changyong is artistic director. Zhang Liang conducts the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in seven works by Chinese composers. The concert is about 120 minutes, with a 15-minute interval. The first half is Lu Pei's Thirteen Years Apart, from the four-act opera March 3rd, for soprano, tenor and orchestra, 2017, with soprano Lin Shu and tenor Lu Wenxing; Chen Danbu's Grassland Love Song, for soprano and orchestra, the world premiere of the 2026 orchestral version, soprano Zhao Lili; Jin Fuzai's Music Story · Snow Child, music adapted from the original score of the 1980 animated film Snow Child, with Yu Xinqing narrating, singing and at the piano. After the interval: excerpts from Chen Qigang's score for the film Under the Hawthorn Tree, 2010, sung by Chang Shilei, with Li Peiwen on guzheng; Xu Jianqiang's aria 「天风响」 from the opera Tang Xianzu, for baritone, accompanying chorus and symphony orchestra, 2025, baritone Chen Jiongran; Zhao Xi's The Love I Want, the first performance of the soprano-and-orchestra version, soprano Cai Mian; Zhao Jiping's Ode to "Reed Swamp", for erhu and string orchestra, 2018, music adapted from the score of the film A Chinese Odyssey, erhu Duan Aiai.

Conductor

Zhang Liang

Orchestra

Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

Guzheng

Li Peiwen

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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