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Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s 140th Anniversary Year
The Year of 2019 has marked the beginning of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s 140th Anniversary Year. The last 140 Years has been a legend that keeps spinning for more than three centuries, a story of Orchestra’s integration with the city of Shanghai, a story that has taken roots and blossomed in China. For the past [...]
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Two of South Africa’s Leading Art Institutions to host Largest William Kentridge Exhibition in Africa
The largest exhibition to be held in Africa in over a decade by internationally acclaimed artist William Kentridge is set to open in Cape Town in August. The major exhibition of his work will be hosted simultaneously in two parts by the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and Norval Foundation, opening 24 [...]
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Tate Modern presents the first major retrospective of visual activist Zanele Muholi in the UK
Tate Modern presents the first major retrospective of visual activist Zanele Muholi in the UK Born in South Africa, Muholi came to prominence in the early 2000s with photographs that sought to envision black lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex lives beyond deviance or victimhood. Muholi’s work challenges hetero-patriarchal ideologies and representations, presenting the [...]
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Karl Lagerfeld’s “Karl For Ever” Memorial in Paris
During the Paris leg of Men’s fashion month, industry insiders and celebrities alike came together to honor the memory of Karl Lagerfeld, the late legendary designer best known for heading up creative direction at the fashion houses of Chanel and Fendi. Lagerfeld passed away in February at the age of 85. The “Karl For Ever” memorial [...]
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Gateways’ released on Deutsche Grammophon on 28 June Long Yu | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra | Maxim Vengerov
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra may be China’s oldest, but it is marking its 140th anniversary with a thrilling new beginning. Recently signed to Deutsche Grammophon, the SSO and Music Director Long Yu are launching a series of albums featuring works by major Chinese composers. Gateways, the first album, will be released on 28 June 2019 [...]
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China’s Premier Classical Ensemble at Edinburgh International Festival
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is China’s premier classical ensemble – and an orchestra of global stature. Now in its 140th anniversary year, it has toured the world extensively, praised universally for its immense energy, colour and focus. The Orchestra’s Music Director Long Yu is a major force in Chinese music – as founder and director […]
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The Light in the Piazza comes to London
This summer the six-time Tony Award winning musical The Light In The Piazza comes to Royal Festival Hall. Set in Florence during the summer of 1953, this heart-wrenching love story invites us into the world of Margaret Johnson and her daughter Clara, played by four-time Grammy winner and Tony nominee Renée Fleming and film and [...]
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WISH Africa Expo, a Showcase of Pan-Africanism
Olympia London is delighted to welcome WISH Africa Expo, a showcase of Pan-Africanism. The two day, multi-industry conference showcasing the best of Africa in Architecture, Technology, Art, Fashion, Food and Drink as well as Travel. Discover educational cultural installations, commercial sales spaces showcasing premium African goods; plus panel discussions by renowned industry experts. WISH Africa is a [...]
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The 58th Venice Biennale
The 58th Venice Biennale opens to the public on May 11th and runs until November 24, 2019. Taking over the city with its cacophony of installations and exhibitions that play with space and the senses, and ponder curator Ralph Rugoff’s title, ‘May You Live in Interesting Times’.
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Glyndebourne Announces 2019 Programme
Highlights over the next year include our first production of Berlioz’s thrilling ‘dramatic legend’ La damnation de Faust, an exciting new staging of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Glyndebourne’s first production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Spring of 2019 sees the world premiere of Agreed on Glyndebourne’s stage. Written by Howard Moody and directed by Simon Iorio it tells a story [...]
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The KT Wong Foundation is proud to continue its support of the 2019 International Opera Awards and announces its sponsorship of the award for New Production of the Year
The KT Wong Foundation is proud to continue its support of the 2019 International Opera Awards and announces its sponsorship of the award for New Production of the Year. The International Opera Awards is an annual celebration of excellence in opera around the world. The aims of the Awards are to raise the profile of […]
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KT Wong Foundation announces sponsorship for the award for New Production of the Year at the 2019 International Opera Awards.
The KT Wong Foundation is proud to continue its support of the 2019 International Opera Awards and announces its sponsorship of the award for New Production of the Year. The International Opera Awards is an annual celebration of excellence in opera around the world. The aims of the Awards are to raise the profile of [...]
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William Kentridge: Let Us Try For Once
Marian Goodman Gallery New York is delighted to present William Kentridge’s Let Us Try for Once opening March 1st, an exhibition of new film, drawings and sculpture related to three major performance projects from the past two years. These include the epic The Head & the Load, a theatrical tour de force co-composed by Philip [...]
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Lady Linda Wong Davies delighted to receive the HURUN REPORT Award for Outstanding Contribution to UK CHINA Cultural Relations 2019
Lady Linda Wong Davies delighted to receive the HURUN REPORT Award for Outstanding Contribution to UK CHINA Cultural Relations 2019. Established in 1999 by Rupert Hoogewerf, the ‘godfather’ of the China Rich List, today Hurun Report is widely recognised as the foremost authority in tracking the rapid changes amongst China’s high net worth individuals. Some of [...]
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Akhnaten returns to ENO
Phelim McDermott‘s Olivier Award-winning production of Philip Glass‘s Akhnaten returns to ENO for its first revival, following its sell-out run in 2016. Akhnaten is a mesmerising work whose text draws on ancient hymns, prayers and inscriptions sung in their original Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian. The opera’s unique mood will transport you to the ancient world through music [...]
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Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Lady Linda Wong Davies’ personal highlights of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair! Positioned as the leading art fair in Africa, ICTAF 2019 includes the foremost galleries from South Africa, the African continent, and abroad. Investec Cape Town Art Fair is the largest art fair on the African continent, showing cutting edge contemporary art. The […]
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The KT Wong Foundation initiates visit to Cape Town by American counter-tenor Lawrence Zazzo
Cape Town audiences were treated to a sumptuous afternoon of Baroque vocal and instrumental music presented by the KT Wong Foundation in its first partnership with Cape Town Opera On Sunday, 17 February 2019, a singular treat awaited Cape Town’s lovers of Baroque opera in the rarefied atmosphere of the Centre for the Book. Thanks [...]
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Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion
Following on the stunning success of his Water Passion after St. Matthew, Tan Dun (composer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has created another evening-length oratorio, this time based on stories inspired by the Dunhuang Cave paintings. Commissioned jointly by the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tan Dun’s Buddha [...]
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Mouton Rothschild reveals 2016 label by William Kentridge
Château Mouton Rothschild has commissioned South African artist William Kentridge to design the label for its 2016 vintage grand vin. Kentridge has created an artwork named ‘The Triumphs of Bacchus’ and involving a series of silhouettes for the Mouton Rothschild 2016 label. The Pauillac estate has commissioned an artist to design every grand vin vintage label since […]
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Zanele Muholi on Queering the Zeitz MOCCAA
One of South Africa’s best known artists talks about how she’s conquering the international art world on her terms. Zanele Muholi is a self described visual activist—a gifted photographer who has reached the pinnacle of international art world success with her images of black LGBTI subjects. She is a long-time favorite of OkayAfrica’s for the […]
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