Listings

Jazz Weekend - French Jazz Artist Thomas Enhco Piano Recital

Date: May 6 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Concert Hall

Price: 30-599 yuan

Thomas Enhco, born in Paris, France, on September 29th 1988, starts playing the violin and piano at an early age, and studies classical music and jazz in both instruments. He starts composing at six, and gives his first concerts with a band made up of young children. At the age of nine he is invited by Didier Lockwood to participate with him in the Antibes Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival. At ten years old he plays the role of a young violinist in the film directed by Otar Iosseliani, Adieu, Plancher des Vaches.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Activities & nightlife

From Shakespeare to Sherlock: Treasures of The British Library

Date: May 6-June 21 - 9 am

Venue: National Library

Price: Free entry

The National Library hosts an exhibition in partnership with the British National Library, showcasing rare prints and first editions of classics including the manuscript of Dicken's Nicolas Nickelby, the revised manuscript of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, a draft of Wordsworth's poem I Roam Like A Cloud and other important works of literature.

Contact: 010-8854-5393/4089