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By award-winning music critic Rudolph Tang direct from China.Salty maybe, boring never. klassikom.substack.com
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Baroque at Bakery (opens the original)
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I have long been drawn to music happening in places that seem to have nothing to do with music. There is something genuinely important about that kind of boundary crossing. Two weeks ago, it was a bookshop on Fuzhou Road, where a Hangzhou quartet performed a meditative, healing-oriented set on lusheng, bamboo flute, xiao, bass, voice, and keyboards. Last week, a return to the long-missed Yongfu Road institution Yongfoo Elite, a fine-dining restaurant in a heritage villa, where the revived Keep I
One More Swing Dance Floor (opens the original)
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The House of Blues and Jazz held its first swing dance party since relocating to a larger venue on Saturday evening, with a quartet led by clarinettist and saxophonist Huang Ye setting the floor in motion. The night marks a small but telling addition to Shanghai’s reviving jazz scene. The city now has at least two major clubs hosting regular swing parties, a modest count against the dozens of dance floors that filled the international settlements in the 1930s, but a sign that the nostalgia is fi
Keep It Quiet Resumed Music Programme (opens the original)
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Keep It Quiet by Yongfoo Elite resumed its live music programme after a hiatus of over one year. During last night’s show, guzheng player and crossover artist Yu Miao presented a night of ambience and rhythmic music to an international clientele, many of whom regular guests of the fine-dining restaurant in Shanghai. Filmed on September 18, 2026. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit klassikom.substack.com
Eight Years in Italy (opens the original)
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Prima donna of the Shanghai Opera House, soprano Song Qian recounted her eight years’ study in Milan and how she survived robbery, intimidation and other crimes directed to her. This is a Chinese language programme without dubbing. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit klassikom.substack.com
Qin Wenchen Receives Austrian Music Theatre Prize in Vienna (opens the original)
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Qin Wenchen, professor and deputy dean of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, has been awarded the Special Prize for International Cultural Engagement at the Austrian Music Theatre Prize (Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis), presented on 8 September 2026 at the Votivkirche in Vienna. The neo-Gothic church on the Ringstraße, one of Vienna’s most recognisable landmarks, served as the ceremonial backdrop for the 14th edition of the prize, with guests from politics, culture, and the media
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