Orchestra Concert

The festival closes with a landmark performance of Beethoven’s complete Egmont, in a new production by the China NCPA Orchestra and filmed this November in Beijing.

Roundtable Discussion

Hosted by Asia Society and moderated by author Sheila Melvin, this discussion with the filmmakers of the documentary Beethoven in Beijing plus special guests will look at the future of culture and diplomacy through classical music.

Private Film Screening

Enjoy an exclusive screening of the new documentary film following the Philadelphia Orchestra on their first historic trip to China in 1973.

Concert

Celebrate Beethoven’s birthday with the illustrious Shanghai Symphony, featuring a selection of recent performances of some of Beethoven’s most iconic symphonic and chamber works, specially selected for the China Now Music Festival.

Producer’s Expo

Host Jindong Cai and guests will offer a peek into the Chinese market for all things Beethoven, looking beyond traditional classical music concerts to three unique productions currently underway in China: a play, a Broadway-style musical, and a multi-media exhibition.

Lecture/Concert

Experience musical interpretations of Beethoven with Chinese accents, presented by bass-baritone Shenyang, pipa virtuoso Wu Man, composer/conductor Tan Dun, and musicians of the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music.

Webinar (in Chinese)

China Institute’s Renwen Society hosts Jindong Cai in a webinar discussion in Chinese of his book Beethoven in China: How the Great Composer Became an Icon in the People’s Republic.

Concert/Lecture

The festival’s opening event traces the story of Beethoven’s ascent into the cultural imagination of China will be told through discussions with music scholars and musical interludes from the US and China.