CONCERTS

This concert of soft and sweet music is guaranteed to please mothers, wives and friends. Singer Huang Huaying, huqin player (a traditional Chinese instrument) Cao Yurong and pipa player Liao Xiaozheng will perform at the Chinese Folk Music Concert on Women's Day.

8 pm, March 8

Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, No 33, Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island

020-8776-8558

Piano professor Xie Yun will lead her students in presenting a piano concert. They will perform classical and popular music, such as singer Deng Lijun's Sweet Honey, Jay Chou's Secret, and Sonata in D.

8 pm, March 15

Chamber Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, No 33, Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island

020-8776-8558

EXHIBITIONS

Chinese-Canadian painter Zhang Aiwei's solo exhibition, Sun and Life, will be presented in Guangzhou next month. Her works combine realism with Chinese painting styles. Her works are strong in color, vivid and harmonious. Most of her paintings are portraits of famous people.

10 am to 8 pm, daily from March 22 to April 12

Art 64# Gallery, No 64, Shamian Street

020-8121-5176

Chinese-American oil painter Lin Shengyuan is famous in Sino-American oil painting circles. He has been deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture and American liberal styles. His 60 works on show reflect living conditions in metropolitan societies.

9 am to 5 pm, daily except Monday till March 3

Hall 12, Guangdong Museum of Art, No 38, Yanyu Lu, Ersha Island

020-8737-4468

Song Yonghong, who was born in 1966, is one of the country's most important surrealistic painters. He graduated from Zhejiang Fine Arts Academy, in the printmaking department, in the 1980s. Since then he has held dozens of exhibitions in China and overseas and gained a good reputation among international painting authorities. His solo exhibition in Guangzhou, Desires Plaza, will last until next month.

9am to 5 pm, until March 16

Hall 10 and 11, Guangdong Museum of Art, No 38, Yanyu Lu, Ersha Island

020-8737-4468

(China Daily February 29, 2008)