China Stage / 2025

Chinese Cultural Weekin Albania 2025

Date: 22–25 September 2025
Location: Tirana · Elbasan, Albania

01 / THE PROJECT

About the project

Three arts events within Chinese Cultural Week: an exhibition of works by Wu Jun and Lin Chaoyang, a vocal and instrumental concert, and a programme of Chinese opera and dance. Presented at FAB Gallery and the University of Arts Hall in Tirana, and Skampa Theatre in Elbasan, they connect visual art, music and live performance.

Painting, music and stage performance formed this group of Cultural Week activities: works by Wu Jun and Lin Chaoyang were exhibited in Tirana, a vocal and instrumental concert took place at Elbasan’s Skampa Theatre, and Chinese opera and dance shared a single programme at the University of Arts in Tirana. Together, the activities offered audiences encounters with Chinese culture through images, sound and movement.

ARTISTS & ENSEMBLES

Artists & ensembles

Wu Jun & Lin Chaoyang

Shanghai artists featured in Close as Distant Horizons, an exhibition exploring connections between Chinese aesthetics and contemporary painting.

Li Weijie

Pianist Li Weijie graduated from the Lübeck University of Music and studied vocal coaching in Hamburg. He began teaching at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2010. His work also includes opera music direction, chamber music and recordings of Chinese art song.

Wu Ai

A lyrical mezzo-soprano based in France, Wu Ai studied with Zhou Xiaoyan before continuing at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. Her repertoire spans Baroque music, opera and French art song. She co-founded Musiciens du Lys with flautist Jean-Marc Goujon.

Yuan Jia

A Kunqu performer with Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, Yuan Jia specialises in guimendan roles and trained with Wang Junhui, Zhang Xunpeng and Zhang Jingxian. Her repertoire includes The Peony Pavilion and The Jade Hairpin. She received an Outstanding Performer award at the China–ASEAN International Theatre Festival in 2020.

Yue Guanghui

A young flautist trained by Park Mi-Hyang, Yue Guanghui has also attended masterclasses in France. In 2021, she received prizes in international youth music competitions in Switzerland, Hungary and France.

GALLERY