The Mid-Autumn Festival is a Chinese tradition as well as an annual celebration of togetherness, which will fall on September 21 this year.
Enjoying a concert with family and friends is a great way to celebrate. If you want to experience the fusion of Chinese traditional culture and international culture on the Mid-Autumn Festival, the following concerts might meet your needs.
Guangzhou: "Seven stars With Moon" Traditional Chinese Music Concert & Garden Party
(Photo: Guangzhou Opera House)
As an active branch of the traditional Chinese music, Guangdong traditional folk music has many famous representative works. On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Guangzhou Opera House organizes a music concert and a garden party. It invites a Guangdong Music and Folk-Art Troupe to perform well-known folk music pieces with Guangdong characteristics and holds a three-day garden party in the front hall.
In the garden party, there will be 36 stalls for lantern riddles, Cantonese moon cakes, Cantonese embroidery and other activities with Lingnan style, as well as independent designers' new products that specially supply for the festival.
At the concert, the audience can enjoy a musical feast for an hour. Guangdong Music and Folk-Art Troupe specializes in the creation, performance and research of Guangdong music and folk. It is the protection unit of Guangdong Music and Cantonese opera, both of which are recognized as national intangible cultural heritage.
Garden Party
Time: 17:00-22:00, September 18-20, 2021
13:00-22:00, September 19-20, 2021
Venue: Experimental Theatre, Guangzhou Opera House
Tickets: Free
Nearest metro station: Take Metro Line 3 or 5 and get off at the Zhujiang New Town Station, and then use the GT Land Plaza Exit
Traditional Chinese Music Concert
Time: 19:30, September 20, 2021
Venue: Experimental Theatre, Guangzhou Opera House
Tickets: RMB 199
Duration: About 60 minutes (no intermission)
Nearest metro station: Take Metro Line 3 or 5 and get off at the Zhujiang New Town Station, and then use the GT Land Plaza Exit
Reminder: During the concert, the garden party will continue as usual.
Guangzhou: "The Moon Represents My Heart" World-known Classics Concert
(Photo: Xinghai Concert Hall)
In this concert, many Chinese famous songs, world-famous movie songs, classical dance music will be played. Audiences can enjoy Chinese and foreign classics such as "Joy to the World", "The moon represents my heart" and "Cinema Paradiso".
The concert will be performed by Naissant Chamber Orchestra (NCO), a burgeoning orchestra in the field of live music in China. NCO is committed to contributing to the development of classical music in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. By combining the vitality of the younger generation with classical music, their performances are more in tune with the aesthetic requirements nowadays.
Time: 20:00, September 20, 2021
Venue: Xinghai Concert Hall
Tickes: RMB 120, 180, 280, 380
Duration: About 115 minutes
Nearest bus stop: Take Bus No. 131A or B21, and get off at Xinghai Concert Hall Station
Shenzhen & Dongguan: "Be Along with You" Mid-Autumn Festival Concert
Miyazaki Hayao's animation with Joe Hisaishi's music are a part of many people's childhood memories. Most of the songs in this concert are selected from classic animation works such as "Spirited Away", "Castle in the Sky" and "My Neighbor Totoro".
The concert will be performed by the Zhong Shi Philharmonic Orchestra, which includes professors from the conservatory, national first grade instrumentalists, as well as top performers from home and abroad. They have held a series of concerts featuring Joe Hisaishi's works in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and other cities.
Concert held in ShenzhenTime: 20:00, September 20, 2021
Venue: Small theater, Nanshan Culture and Sports Center Theatre, Shenzhen
Tickes: RMB 80, 180, 280
Duration: About 90 minutes
Concert held in Dongguan
Time: 20:00, September 19, 2021
Venue: Dongcheng Theatre, Dongguan
Tickes: RMB 80, 180, 280
Duration: About 90 minutes
Jiangmen: "Blooming Flowers and Full Moon" Mid-autumn Festival Chinese Folk Music Concert
(Photo: Jiangmen Performing Arts Center)
This concert focuses on Chinese traditional folk music, and the performer is the only professional music band in China that mainly plays Lingnan music. Audiences can listen to a series of Chinese classical music closely related to the image of moon, such as: "Coloured Clouds Pursue the Moon", "A Moonlit Night on the Spring River" and "Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake", as well as some adaptations of modern pop songs.
Time: 20:00, September 19, 2021Venue: Shuian Music Hall, Jiangmen Performing Arts Center, Jiangmen
Tickes: RMB 100, 120, 150
Duration: About 90 minutes
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