Stage

Guitarists

Two world-famous guitarists, William Kanengiser from the United States, a 2004 Grammy award winner, and Japanese guitarist, composer and conductor Shingo Fujii will give a concert. The Shanghai Guitar Chamber Music group, founded by Professor Ye Dengmin, will present Fujii's masterpiece, Angel Concerto. Kanengiser will be the soloist.

7:45 pm, Sept 4

Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Road

021-6854-1234

100-200 yuan (50 yuan tickets are available for students)

Hong Kong Philharmonic

Artistic director Edo de Waart will lead the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra's presentation of Beethoven's Symphony No 9. The chorus, Ode to Joy, will be performed by the Shanghai Opera House Chorus. The concert will also feature soprano Liping Zhang, mezzo-soprano Ning Liang, tenor Warren Mok and bass Shen Yang.

7:30 pm, Sept 4

Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Road

021-6854-1234

60-580 yuan (students tickets are available at 30 yuan)

Soul of the Water

The contemporary dance piece is inspired by the Lancang-Mekong River and highlights the culture of the Dai ethnic minority in Yunnan province. The production integrates multimedia elements on stage with contemporary dance and tells how the Dai interpret the meaning of life in a poetic way and through the overlapping civilizations of the Lancang-Mekong.

Sept 20-21

Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Road

021-6854-1234

180-680 yuan

Exhibition

Future Sex

The photographs and installations in this exhibition are by Shinichi Honda and Masukuni Fujikake. "The books, Dead Girls and The Allure, both by British writer Richard Calder, leave an indelible imprint on my memory," said Shinichi Honda. "Within his books, there is a group of whore gynoids (robots designed to look like human females) - the mixture of modern technologies and myths - that became the germ of my images." All this makes for an interesting and controversial exhibition.

Until Sept 20

Kunst Licht Photo Art Gallery, 210 Wulumuqi Road N

021-6249-0737

Three Kingdoms

Three artists from three countries are featured, Gong He from China, Yuki Matsueda from Japan and Mo Maurice Tan from France. All three artists have taken liberal elaborations from the traditional framed painting to create contemporary pieces.

Aug 28-Sept 30

Shun Art Gallery, Room 103, 208, Bldg No 3, 50 Moganshan Road

021-5252-7198

Event

JZ Festival

The annual JZ festival, the largest jazz music festival in Shanghai, will kick off in mid-October, from Oct 13 to 17. International award-winning jazz singers and bands will give performances at the Shanghai Center Theater. In Pudong's Century Park, 46 bands from all over China will perform on Oct 16 and 17. Jazz artists will also perform at the Green Square in the Expo Garden from Oct 4-17. Other shows will be held from mid-Sep in public squares and shopping malls around Shanghai, all with free admission.