Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra will collaborate with cellist Qin Liwei to present Brahms’ “Variations on a Theme by Haydn,” Haydn’s “Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major” and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5 in C Minor.”

Qin has won numerous prizes including the first prize in the Adam International Cello Competition in 1997.

Described by The Strad as “the most gifted young cellist I have heard,” Qin also won the silver medal in the 1998 Tchaikovsky International Competition. “A superbly stylish, raptly intuitive performer” (Gramophone Magazine, January 2015) was the description of the cellist’s Elgar and Walton concerti recording with the London Philharmonic.

An exclusive Universal Music China artist, Qin has appeared all over the world as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He was a professor of cello at the Royal Northern College of Music in Britain and is now a guest professor at Shanghai and Central Conservatory of Music. He plays a 1780 Joseph Guadagnini cello.

Time: 8 p.m., May 5

Tickets: 50-380 yuan

Booking: 400-185-8666

Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, intersection of Hongli Road and Yitian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和益田路交汇处深圳音乐厅)

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