Zhang Guoyong & Suzhou Chinese Orchestra
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 24
Venue: Suzhou Chinese Orchestra Concert Hall苏州民族管弦乐团
Tickets: RMB380/280/180/80 yuan
Zhang Guoyong, the student of celebrated conductor and music educator Prof. Huang Xiaotong and Maestro Gennady Rozhdestvensky, earned his doctor’s degree from Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
SZS Special: DAS Quintet Concert
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 24
Venue: Jinji Lake Concert Hall SCAC金鸡湖音乐厅
Tickets: RMB180/100 yuan
Music pieces to be staged are from Verdi, Rossini, and Mozart.
Viktor Interactive Pop-up Book Theatre
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar 24. ; 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Mar. 25; 2：30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Mar. 26
Venue: Suyi Show Zone苏艺演艺文化集聚区
Tickets: RMB320 yuan
Grandpa Dean, who has been in directing and education business for 40 years, will turn the stage into a complicated pop-up book.
35th Anniversary Concert of 1987 Edition of TV Series A Dream of Red Mansion
Time: 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Mar. 25; 2 p.m., Mar. 26
Venue: Suzhou Bay Grand Theater苏州湾大剧院
Tickets: RMB1987/1280/1080/880/680/480/280/80 yuan
With the concert featuring a host of artists and singers, Xi’an Symphony Orchestra and Xi’an Symphony Orchestra Choir will perform scores from TV series A Dream of Red Mansion.
Makoto Shinkai ACG Concert
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 25
Venue: Suzhou Dushu Lake Theater独墅湖影剧院
Tickets: RMB380/280/180/120/80 yuan
The concert, featuring scores from such animations as Your Name and Weathering With You, is dedicated to Makoto Shinkai, a Japanese animator.
“A Tribute to Classics” Chamber Concert
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 25
Venue: Yinshan Lake Grand Theatre尹山湖大剧院
Tickets: RMB50 yuan
Audiences will enjoy a number of classics including The Four Seasons, Divertimento in D, K.136, Aragonaise, Libertango, Spirit of Chivalry, Blue Danube, and Dance of the Yao People.
Ran Jia Piano Recital
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 25
Venue: Suzhou Poly Grand Theatre苏州保利大剧院
Tickets: RMB380/280/180/80 yuan
First Half:
Mozart | Rondo in D major, K. 485
Alexander Rosenblatt | If Scarlatti Could Swing
Mozart | Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 281
Alexander Rosenblatt | Suite-Fantasy on Themes from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
Second Half:
Mozart | Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310
Alexander Rosenblatt | Take Blues
Alexander Rosenblatt | Paganini Variations
Castle in the Sky Hayao Miyazaki & Joe Hisaishi Classic Anime OST Concert
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 25
Venue: Zhangjiagang Poly Grand Theatre张家港保利大剧院(人民东路店)
Tickets: RMB380/280/200/150 yuan
The chamber orchestra of Shanghai Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert composed of the scores written by Joe Hisaishi from Hayao Miyazaki’s animations, bringing the audience back to their innocent childhood.
Piano Concert on Franz Liszt’s Music
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 26
Venue: Suzhou Dushu Lake Theater独墅湖影剧院
Tickets: RMB380/280/180/100 yuan
Liszt’s Etudes d’execution Transcendante S.139 will be performed by young pianist Li Zijian who has won many awards at home and abroad.
Botticelli, Florence and the Medici High-definition Screening
Time: 7:30 p.m., Mar. 26
Venue: SCAC文化艺术中心
Tickets: RMB180 yuan
Guided by the special invited narrator Stephen Mangan, we will revisit Florence dominated by the Medici family.
Hamlet High-definition Screening
Time: 2 p.m., Mar. 26
Venue: SCAC文化艺术中心
Tickets: RMB180 yuan
Directed by Lyndsey Turne, the opera features Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch.
Camellia Exhibition
Time: Mar. 10 to Apr. 6
Venue: Lingering Garden留园
Tickets: RMB45 yuan
Camellia lovers can get a better understanding of the flower through the introduction to their varieties and characters.
Exhibition on Collection of Ming Art Museum
Time: Mar. 11 to 28
Venue: Ming Art Museum明·美术馆
The collection has witnessed the history and development of Ming Art Museum in SIP over the past 10 years.
Engraving Beauty Qiaomai’s Woodblock Print Exhibition of Gusu Solar Terms
Time: Mar. 17 to May 31
Venue: Suzhou Museum West
Based on 24 solar terms, the woodcuts exhibited incorporate elements such as flowers and porcelain, showcasing the charm of Taohuawu New Year prints and the lifestyle in Suzhou.
Modern Youth Invitation Exhibition
Time: Mar. 18 to May 10
Venue: Hengmei Art Space恒美艺术空间
More than 100 young people from all walks of life will tell their stories in an innovative art form.
Xingshiji: Contemporary Ink Exhibition
Time: Mar. 19 to May 9
Venue: Suzhou Jiye Art Museum基业艺术馆
The theme contains two aspects: a state when people enter Nirvana or things change in certain circumstances; things that exist through the primitive times.
Special Exhibition of Dunhuang Art Copying and Spiritual Inheritance
Time: Mar. 25 to June 25
Venue: Suzhou Museum West苏州博物馆西馆
The Dunhuang murals displayed in the exhibition cover a wide range of genres, including story paintings, sutra paintings, Buddha paintings, donor paintings, decorative patterns, and cover different techniques such as recovery copying, current situation copying and fix-up copying.
Suzume
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Stars: Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Language: Japanese
Release Date: Mar. 24, 2023
A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the outer side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.
A Man Called Otto
Director: Marc Forster
Stars: Tom Hanks, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Language: English
Release Date: Mar. 24, 2023
Otto is a grump who’s given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.
Love Per Square Foo
Director: Anand Tiwari
Stars: Vicky Kaushal, Angira Dhar, Alankrita Sahai
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Language: Hindi
Release Date: Mar. 25, 2023
Individually, Sanjay and Karina don’t earn enough to be able to buy a home, so they enter into a marriage of convenience.