Shenzhen Children’s Palace will hold four concerts of movie scores composed by Joe Hisaishi this weekend.

    Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, Hisaishi’s music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic, European classical, and Japanese classical. Lesser known are the other musical roles he plays; he is also a typesetter, author, arranger, and conductor.

    He has been associated with animator Hayao Miyazaki since 1984, having composed scores for all his films. He is also recognized for the soundtracks he has provided for filmmaker Takeshi Kitano, including “A Scene at the Sea” (1991), “Sonatine” (1993), “Kids Return” (1996), “Hana-bi” (1997), “Kikujiro” (1999) and “Dolls” (2002), as well for the video game series “Ni no Kuni.”

    Hisaishi has won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Music seven times from 1992 to 2011.

    Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 23-24;

    10:30 a.m., 3 p.m., Dec. 25

    Tickets: 80-380 yuan

    Booking: 400-610-3721

    Venue: Shenzhen Children’s Palace, intersection of Hongli Road and Jintian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和金田路交汇处深圳少年宫)

    Metro: Line 3 or 4, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit B(SD News)