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Marco Polo: Opening Ceremony of NCPA Dance Festival

Date: Oct 11-14－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 60-600 yuan

A modern Italian youth is obsessed with The Travels of Marco Polo, and goes to Venice alone to follow Marco Polo's footsteps on a magical journey to China. The production is presented by the People's Liberation Army's music and dance troupe.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard Piano Concert

Date: Oct 11－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing

Price: 80-380 yuan

The French pianist is particularly committed to contemporary music: He was the soloist in several premieres such as Répons by Pierre Boulez, Klavierstück XIV by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and the 11th and 13th piano etudes of Gyorgy Ligeti. One of his most notable recordings features the first two volumes of Ligeti's piano etudes. In May 2012, he premiered Tristan Murail's piano concerto Le Desenchantement du Monde.