Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Shanghai, October 20th and 21st, 2018

Back in the warmth of the Shanghai Symphony Hall

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Shanghai, October 19th, 2018

A walk on the Bund and a concert in Gongqing Forest Park

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Shanghai, October 18th, 2018

A full day in preparation of our first concert in the Shanghai Symphony Hall. First, the morning traditional rehearsal, testing the acoustic, finding our marks, followed by a substantial press conference for the residency of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Shanghai. […]

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Milano October 15th and 16th, 2018

Our long but cheerful travel from Milano to Shanghai, with a lovely sunset over Amsterdam on the way. The day ended in a blur after eating delicious xialongbao in Shanghai! […]

The gambling dens of Shanghai

On the previous post, I exposed the life of the Shanghainese in the Old City of Shanghai. As I was getting lost in the maze of back-alleys, it didn’t take more than a few minutes until I stumbled across a gambling den. More surprising, by the end of the day, I had visited six gambling […]

The Old City of Shanghai

The Old City of Shanghai. While in town back in May, I set out for a trip in the traditional urban core of Shanghai, once defended by a strong wall, almost completely gone today. Vulnerable, the Old City is disappearing rapidly, large scale demolition giving way to skyscrapers, residential towers, and squeaky clean developments, while […]