Suzhou Creek Meets the Danube

A series bringing Chinese music and opera into Vienna’s cultural life through a waterfront pop-up performance, an appearance at the Danube Dragon Boat Festival and a concert in the Old Town Hall’s Baroque Hall.

Huju opera, piano, flute and chamber music came together in Vienna. Hong Liyong, Ji Yanping, Yan Jingge and Yue Guanghui collaborated with local musicians in a programme spanning Huju excerpts, Autumn Moon over a Calm Lake and Strauss, presented by the riverside and in the Old Town Hall’s Baroque Hall.

Conceived around the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Austria, the project uses Suzhou Creek and the Danube as cultural links between Shanghai and Vienna. Its artistic concept brings Huju opera and Chinese music into dialogue with Austrian musicians.

The planned repertoire draws on Huju works including Luohan Qian, Meeting at the Nunnery and Blue Sea and Azure Sky Night after Night, alongside songs associated with Shanghai and Suzhou Creek.