October 16, 2026
On sale in October: the Wing Chun dance drama, Kantorow and Hough recitals, six concerts at the Shanghai Symphony Hall
Piano recitals at the Shanghai Concert Hall opened on 10 and 14 October; the dance drama Wing Chun opened on 13 October. Tickets for six Shanghai Symphony Hall concerts and three at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center are also on sale.
By 小魔女·Edited by 马勒迷
The Shanghai Concert Hall's main hall has two piano recitals on sale, sold through the hall's WeChat mini-program. Hall members could buy from 18:00. Alexandre Kantorow performs on 6 December at 19:30, titled 超越之境; the sale opened at 19:00 on 14 October, with tickets from 180 to 580 yuan. Stephen Hough performs on 11 December at 19:30, titled 黎明狂欢; the sale opened at 19:00 on 10 October, with tickets from 80 to 580 yuan. Both programmes appear on the concert pages.
Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theatre brings the dance drama Wing Chun to the Harmony Hall of the Shanghai Grand Opera House. Performances are on 18 and 19 December at 19:30, and on 20 December at 14:00. Tickets opened at 11:18 on 13 October, priced from 180 to 880 yuan.
The orchestra's ticketing system sells tickets for six concerts at the Shanghai Symphony Hall, with a limit of 4 tickets per order. Five of the six are hall-hire concerts. The China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra performs Shanhe Ruyuan on 28 October, on sale since 15 October. Li-Wei Qin's cello recital falls on 29 October, on sale since 8 October. Jin Hanwen's piano recital, Echoes, falls on 7 November, on sale since 8 October. The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra performs The Boundaries of Language on 20 November, on sale since 10 October. Li Yuanqing's concert of his own works falls on 21 November, on sale since 12 October. The orchestra also presents the Landaeta Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela on 2 November, on sale since 15:00 on 8 October.
Tickets for three performances at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center are on sale. The Nanjing Chinese Orchestra's 金陵十二钗 group performs Dream of the Red Chamber in the Concert Hall on 22 November at 14:00, tickets on sale since 28 September. Moscow Ballet dances Swan Lake in the Opera Hall on 10 January 2027 at 14:00, on sale from 9 October. The Chengdu Philharmonic Choir's new year concert of Chinese film songs appears twice, on 1 January 2027, at 14:30 and 19:30, tickets on sale since 11:00 on 15 October.
Fusion Reverie Dreamtrace is a multimedia concert with the pianist Li Weijie, based on The Peony Pavilion. It plays the B2 Music Cube of the Shanghai Concert Hall on 27 November at 19:30 and on 28 November at 14:30, at 180 and 220 yuan. The hall announced on 13 October that it was on sale that day, with no time given.
Permit 沪文旅许[2026]5612号, dated 30 September, gives 14:00 for the Martha Graham Dance Company performance on 22 November. The Shanghai Oriental Art Center's ticketing system sells it at 19:15. The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra's three Exploring Russia nights, on 30 November, 1 December and 3 December, have not gone on sale. Its website marks them as coming soon, and its mini-program SPO1498 will sell the tickets.