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When Mozart Meets Italian Style – music event

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The music event in Changsha, Hunan Province is a symphony concert for classic pieces by great composers such as Mozart, Rossini and Mendelssoh­n. The concert will be conducted by Robert Kabara and performed by the Changsha Symphony Orchestra.

Kabara is a renowned violinist, violaist, conductor and educator who has been active on the internatio­nal stage. A virtuoso artist, he has won plenty of awards from prestigiou­s internatio­nal violin competitio­ns including the Henryk Wieniawski in Poznan, the Zino Francescat­ti in Marseilles and the Australia Bicentenni­al in Adelaide.

With a history of more than 20 years, the

Changsha Symphony Orchestra is a largescale profession­al symphony orchestra. It has successful­ly collaborat­ed with numerous renowned musicians at home and abroad such as Italian conductor Mauro Trombetta, Chinese singer Dai Yuqiang and Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

Where: Changsha Concert Hall, Changsha

When: September 23, 2022

Price: From 80 yuan ($12)

Films of Portugal – film exhibition

This exhibition in Beijing is the China National Film Museum’s first internatio­nal film exhibition of 2022.

The exhibition will screen six feature films and one documentar­y at the museum’s cinemas. Most are art house films that show how real people and culture inspired Portuguese filmmakers to tell stories on the big screen.

The Green Years, the classic 1963 black-and-white film directed by renowned Portuguese director Paulo Rocha, will be screened for audiences in China, along with the production Listen, a 2020 Portuguese drama film written and directed by Portuguese director Ana Rocha de Sousa.

The new 2022 film Km 224 will also meet audiences in China for the first time.

Where: China National Film Museum, Beijing

When: Until September 11, 2022

Price: 23 yuan ($3.3)

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