Shanghai

Key player

Italian pianist Marco Grieco will give a recital. The award-winning musician has been praised by the media as "one of the most interesting performers that Italian music has generated in the last years young and established talent in the survey of Italian classical music".

7:30 pm, June 22. Shanghai City Theater, 4889 Dushi Road, Minhang district. 021-5415-7496

Tradition mission

Fine handicrafts and traditional art from China, Japan and South Korea are on show. Highlights among the exhibits from China are embroidery by Gu Wenxia, silk-weaving by Wang Jinshan and ink stones carved by Li Keng. Japanese masters of Kyoto ceramics, seal-making and kabuki costume design are invited, along with South Korean representatives.

9 am-5 pm, until June 23. Shanghai Art Collection Museum, 1731, Yan'an West Road, Changning district. 021-5206-9172

Operatic operation

Mi Ya is staging an exhibition of oil paintings. Her contemporary works are inspired by Peking Opera. Mi's portraits of women in Peking Opera costumes feature mouths on blank faces with vibrant colors.

12 am-9:30 pm, Tue-Sun, until July 22. Noeli Gallery, 150 Yueyang Road, Xuhui district. 021-6421-9442

Mixed-media paintings

In On the Horizon, a solo exhibition from Li Wei, the artist examines her artistic practice and engagement based on traditional Chinese culture and painting. This is the first solo exhibition of the artist in Shanghai, featuring a stunning selection of new mixed-media paintings.

10 am-5 pm, until June 30. Art+ Shanghai Gallery, 370 Suzhou North Road. 021-5608-6067

Beijing

Mello cello

Chinese cellist Zhang Bo will open a concert with Bach's Concerto In C Minor for Cello And Orchestra. Zhang, who started learning cello at age 6, joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 2000 and was invited by German composer Robert Zollitsch to perform in Germany and Holland. He returned to China in 2012, after studying as a visiting scholar at the US University of Cincinnati starting in 2010. His upcoming performance will be accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra's chamber music orchestra.

7:30 pm, June 19. Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhua Street, Xicheng district. 400-818-3333

Climate change on show

The group exhibition Unfold addresses climate change through art. The show features works by 25 international artists who undertook one of three trips to places affected by climate change organized by the exhibition's presenter, the nonprofit Cape Farewell. Cape Farewell's founder David Buckland believes the show explores the subject in a more emotional and accessible way.

9 am-5 pm, until June 19 at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, 8 Huajiadi Nanjie, Chaoyang district; June 28-July 20 at Nanjing University. 010-6532-2070

Hong Kong

Cityscapes as dreams

Singapore native Danielle Tay is fascinated by the environment and how natural and manmade surroundings are constructed, perceived and navigated. Her first Hong Kong solo exhibition, The Important Bits, uses collages on paper backgrounds to investigate the planned and unplanned infrastructure of a city with vibrantly colorful textures. The maze-like path in which the collection is exhibited is a microcosm of cityscapes themselves.

10 am-7 pm, Tue-Fri; 11 am-7 pm, Sat; until July 17. Artify Gallery, 10/F Block A, Ming Po Industrial Center, 18 Ka Yip Street, Chai Wan. 852-3543-1260

Portraits of prestige

Hong Kong photographer Almond Chu has a knack for getting inside the minds of his celebrity subjects. The Urbanites, presented by K11 Art Foundation and sponsored by New World Development, is Chu's solo exhibition, showcasing 19 portraits taken over the past 20 years. Coinciding with a photo book published by MCCM Creations, the exhibition includes Zhang Xiaogang, Johnnie To, Perry So, Gary Chang and Douglas Young depicted through Chu's oeuvre as you have never seen them before.

Noon-7 pm, until June 30. 30/F Prosperity Tower, 39 Queen's Road Central. 852-2153-3812

Macao

Jazzing it up

Opened in 1784, Leal Senado is one of the city's most treasured colonial buildings and part of the architectural collection that makes up the UNESCO-designated historic center of Macao. This June, its courtyard garden hosts a series of free mini concerts, ranging from classical to jazz. There will be four 20-minute performances every Saturday and Sunday. They're organized by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau.

3:15-5 pm, June 22, 23, 29 and 30. Leal Senado Building, 163 Avenida Almeida Ribeiro, Macao. 853-2833-7676

China Daily

(China Daily 06/16/2013 page15)