Classical music fans will enjoy a concert by violin and piano duo of Sheng Zhongguo and Hiroko Seta in June at the Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center.

    The program will be Massenet’s “Meditation,” Kreisler’s “Love’s Joy,” Wieniawski’s “Polonaise Brillante in D Major,” Chopin’s “Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat Major” and “Nocturne in D-flat Major,” Sarasate’s “Zigeunerweisen” and a few Chinese folks.

    Sheng was born in 1941 to a musical family; his father was a violin professor and his mother was a singer. When Sheng was 13 years old, he studied at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music and was selected to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow in 1960. After winning an honorable mention prize in the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition there, Sheng became one of the earliest Chinese musicians to win international music competitions. In 1963, he played a concerto concert with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the first concert of that type in Chinese violin-playing history.

    His wife Seta is Japanese and started to learn to play the piano when she was 5 years old. Sheng accompanied Seta in 1985 on her first visit to China. The two have played together at various concerts since 1987.

    Time: 8 p.m., June 19

    Tickets: 120-680 yuan

    Venue: Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center, 2106 Nanshan Boulevard (南山大道2106号南山文体中心)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B

    (SD News)