VENUE 1: The Orange, Sanlitun Village

6 pm, Oct 12

Master class by soprano Sumi Jo

10 am, Oct 13

Master class by flutist James Galway

7:30 pm, Oct 13-15

The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas 1-3, by Rudolf Buchbinder

2 pm, Oct 16

Master class by pianist Rudolf Buchbinder

7:30 pm, Oct 16-20

The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas 4-7, by Rudolf Buchbinder

7:30 pm, Oct 22

Dialogue among Cui Jian, Lo Ta-yu, Tan Dun, Yu Long and Liu Yuan

7:30 pm, Oct 24

Contemporary Music by Harrison Birtwistle, Oliver Knussen and Chen Qigang

By London Sinfonietta, with conductor George Benjamin, featuring a pre-concert talk held at 6 pm

11:30 am, 3 pm and 7:30 pm, Oct 27

Opera for kids

Noye's Fludde (Noah's Flood) by Benjamin Britten

By the China Philharmonic Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra Choir, conductor Nicholas Chalmers

7:30 pm, Oct 28

Russian folk songs

Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir

VENUE 2: Poly Theater

7:30 pm, Oct 21

Tan Dun dialogue with John Cage

7:30 pm, Oct 29/30

Opera Savage Land

7:30 pm, Nov 1

Michael Bolton concert

VENUE 3: Forbidden City Concert Hall

7:30 pm, Oct 16

Schubert songs by soprano Zhang Liping

7:30 pm, Oct 25

Nostalgia: 20th Century Chinese Classics

Pianist Liu Shikun, tenor Liu Bingyi and erhu player Wang Guotong

7:30 pm, Oct 26

Russian folk songs by the Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir, conductor Nicon Zhila

8 pm, Nov 2

Closing concert

China Philharmonic Orchestra

Chinese Three Tenors

Michael Bolton