Prelude — An Tianxu Piano Solo Tour
Time: 7:30 pm, July 7, 2021
Venue: Zhangjiagang Poly Grand Theatre（张家港保利大剧院）
Ticket Price: RMB480/380/280/180/100/30 yuan
Brahms: Sonata No.1 28‘
Beethoven: Sonata Op.110 20‘
Intermission
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op.23 No.1-No.7 25′
Chopin: Ballade No.3 8′
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1 11′
Address: Suzhou Zhangjiagang Poly Grand Theater
Paddington Gets In a Jam
Time: 7:30pm, July 8&9, 2021; 10:30am, 2:30pm, 7:30pm, July 10&11, 2021
Venue: SCAC Suzhou Dadao Comedy Theatre（苏州文化艺术中心大道喜剧院）
Ticket Price: RMB380/280/180/80 yuan
In this original slapstick comedy, Paddington goes next door to borrow a cup of sugar from his neighbor Mr. Curry, who is in a panic because he’s expecting a visit from his Great Aunt Matilda. So, Paddington volunteers to help Mr. Curry with his to-do list before her imminent arrival.
Notice to audience
Duration: approximately 50 minutes with no intermission.
Suggested age: 3 and above
Address: Comedy house, Suzhou Avenue, Suzhou Industrial Park, Wuzhong District, Suzhou
My Motherland Shanghai Chinese Orchestra Chamber Concert
Time: 7:30 pm, July 9, 2021
Venue: Yinshanhu Grand Theatre（尹山湖大剧院）
Ticket Price: RMB280/180/100/50 yuan
Shanghai Chinese Orchestra will bring a repertoire of 11 classic tunes to the stage and showcase the great landscape of the motherland using musical instruments.
Address: Yinshan Lake Grand Theatre, No. 886 Qinghe Road, Wuzhong District, Suzhou
SZS Hua Xia Music Festival
Elegance in the Yangze River Delta
“Shanghai Style Traditional Instrumental Music” Concerto Concert
Time: 10:30 am, July 10, 2021
Venue: Jinji Lake Concert Hall, SCAC 2nd Floor（苏州文化艺术中心二楼/金鸡湖音乐厅）
Ticket Price: RMB50 yuan
CHEN Xieyang Conductor
Yiwen LU Erhu
Xiaofeng TANG Pipa
Jing LUO Guzheng
Juqiao TANG Bamboo Flute
WANG Erhu Concerto, Amanissa
Erhu: Yiwen LU
WU/WANG/LIU Pipa Concerto, Prairie Heroes Little Sisters
Pipa: Xiaofeng TANG
Intermission
HE Guzheng Concerto, Regret and Hate of Linan
Guzheng: Jing LUO
GUO Bamboo Flute Concerto, Chou Kong Shan
Bamboo Flute: Juqiao TAN
Notice to audience
Duration: approximately 90 minutes with a 15-min intermission.
Suggested age: 8 and above
Address: Suzhou Culture and Art Center, No.1 Guanfeng Street, Wuzhong District, Suzhou
You Are the Show 2 — Super Djembe
Time: 10:30 am&3:30 pm July 11, 2021
Venue: SCAC Grand Theatre（苏州文化艺术中心大剧院）
Ticket Price: RMB950（380*3）/700（280*3）/650（380*2）/500（280*2）/380/280/180 yuan
Samajam — You Are the Show is a Canadian kid-and-family music show that is popular in North America. Kids can use the Djembe and make a fantastic music world together.
Address: Suzhou Culture and Art Center, No.1 Guanfeng Street, Wuzhong District, Suzhou
SZS Hua Xia Music Festival
The Sound of Suzhou – SZS Chamber Music
Time: 7:30 pm, July 11, 2021
Venue: Jinji Lake Concert Hall, SCAC 2nd Floor（苏州文化艺术中心二楼/金鸡湖音乐厅）
Ticket Price: RMB180/100 yuan
Aqueus Quartet
SZS Woodwind Quintet
XI/YE arr. Jasmine Flower 3’
ZHAO Hunting Tigers up on the Mountain 4’
HUA The Moon Reflected In Er-quan 4’
ZHU String Quartet No.1 20’
Intermission
JIA The lone pine singing in the wind 18’
SONG China Scenery 11’
New Year’s Day
A Little Boat on the River Li
Fast Ride on the South Sea
In the Moonlight, Thinking of a Place Far, Far Away
Flower Drum Song
*And More…
Notice to audience
Duration: approximately 80 minutes with a 15-min intermission.
Suggested age: 8 and above
Address: Suzhou Culture and Art Center, No.1 Guanfeng Street, Wuzhong District, Suzhou
The 11th Jiangsu Book Fair
Time: July 7-11, 2021
Venue: Suzhou International Expo Center（苏州国际博览中心）
Up to 200,000 kinds of books will be on display online and around 80,000 kinds of books that come from more than 400 publishers across the country will be on display at Suzhou main venue. Apart from that, there will be 170 sessions of book signings, new book releases, meet-the-authors, etc. during the fair.
Address: 688 Suzhou Avenue East, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City
Retrospective exhibition of Ming Yiyang’s Jiangnan
Time: June 27 -October 10, 2021
Venue: Suzhou Jinji Lake （苏州金鸡湖美术馆）
A total of 180-plus paintings by the prominent painter Yang Mingyi will be exhibited, through which the audience can understand the development of his career as well as the country’s art transformation in the past 50 years.
Address: Suzhou Culture and Art Center, No.1 Guanfeng Street, Wuzhong District, Suzhou
Appreciate National Treasures
– Wu’s Cultural Heritage Reimagined
Time: June 28 -September 28, 2021
Venue: Wuzhong District Museum （吴中博物馆）
The exhibition is designed to explore the inner connection between the cultural relics. Visitors can expect to have their own interpretation of the national treasures.
Address: Wuzhong Museum, 9 dantai Street, Wuzhong District, Suzhou
Realm of Terracotta
Director: Leon Ding, Yongchang Lin
Stars: Chris Boike, Joseph S. Lambert, Olivia Seaton-Hill
Genre: Amination
In theaters: July 9
It tells the tale of a young girl named Jade and a terracotta warrior named Magnus who must team up to fight the creatures that keep attacking their Qin dynasty underground city, and who eventually fall in love.
Chinese Doctors
Director: Andrew Lau
Stars: Hanyu Zhang, Quan Yuan, Yawen Zhu, Chen Li, Jackson Yee
Genre: Drama
In theaters: July 9
The movie is based on the true stories that happened in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. With medical workers in Wuhan and medical teams from around the country as the original characters, the movie is a full record of the battle against the pandemic.
The Magic Craft of Suzhou
Director: Zengtian Sun
Stars: Lihong Li
Genre: Documentary
In theaters: July 10
In the documentary, cameras are hovering around such nine typical Suzhou crafts as colored lanterns, fruit pit carving, Song brocade, Ming-style furniture, Suzhou-style boat pastry, Suzhou embroidery, Xiangshan Bang traditional architecture construction, Kesi (Chinese silk tapestry), and jade carving. The development and evolution of these crafts were shown from the perspectives of 12 representative inheritors.