1/6 Cultural Newsletter of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai Swiss Cultural Events in October 2014 We are pleased to present the following Swiss Cultural Events in the month of October: Excellent Swiss Design at the West Bund Art & Design Fair Where: West Bund Art Centre, Shanghai 2555 Longteng Avenue Xuhui District When: 25th - 29th September (for professionals) 1st - 26th October (for the public) Ticketing: http://www.westbund.com/index/visitors/ The West Bund Art & Design is the first showcase event in China that stages contemporary art and design works. By featuring top-tier art galleries, design institutions and luxury brands, the West Bund Art & Design will present a world-class platform of art exchange in Asia for collectors, buyers, connoisseurs and give an impetus to the development of China’s art market. Pro Helvetia and Design Prize Switzerland will jointly present the booth of “Excellent Swiss Design”. The exhibits range from furniture design, interior design to jewelries by Swiss designers: Claudia Caviezel, Création Baumann, Michel Charlot, Moritz Schmid and Florie Dupont. Claudio Colucci, who is a Swiss designer based in Shanghai, will also be present at the fair. In the afternoon of 28th September, three of these Swiss designers will be invited to have speeches at the forum. Chantal Prod’Hom, director of the Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains (MUDAC) in Lausanne will also hold a speech at the forum in the afternoon of 29th September. Roll up waste paper bin by Michel Charlot 2/6 Cultural Newsletter of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka at the Shanghai Rolex Masters Where: Qi Zhong Tennis Center 5500 Yuanjiang Road Minhang District When: 4th – 12th October, 2014 Ticketing: http://en.shanghairolexmasters.com The Shanghai Masters is one of the nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and thus one of the tennis highlights of the season. It is the only ATP 1000 tournament played outside of Europe and North America and hence a great opportunity for all tennis fans in Asia to see world-class tennis live. This year’s Shanghai Masters features the two Swiss top-five players Roger Federer (ranked no. 3) and Stanislas Wawrinka (ranked no. 4) but neither could win the Shanghai tournament so far. Whether this year’s trophy will go to Switzerland will be decided between 4th - 12th October. 3/6 Cultural Newsletter of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai William Blank at the 7th Shanghai New Music Week Where: He Luting Concert Hall 20 Fenyang Road Xuhui District When: 13th October 2014, 19:15 Ticketing: http://www.shcnmw.com/en/ticket The Shanghai New Music Week 2014 presents three portrait concerts of the Swiss composer William Blank. Portrait concerts are intended to give a deeper understanding of the composer’s work. William Blank was born in Montreux in 1957. He is currently responsible for contemporary music at the Music Academy HEMU in Lausanne, where he is the conductor of the Ensemble Contemporain and a renowned teacher. Blank’s works are performed throughout Europe, the USA and Japan, and his Ensemble fills prestigious concert halls. He has released numerous CDs, which have received much praise by the national and international press. Since 2006 Blank has also been the musical and artistic director of the Lemanic Modern Ensemble. More information about William Blank’s performance at the Shanghai New Music Week 2014 can be found here: http://www.shcnmw.com 4/6 Cultural Newsletter of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai Flavio Stroppini at the Italian Language Week Where: Long Museum 3398 Longteng Avenue Xuhui District When: 18th October 2014, 16:00-18:00 Free entrance with registration: [email protected] Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo is an initiative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The twoweek event is organised by the Instituto Italiano di Cultura, the Swiss Embassy in Beijing, as well as their counterparts in other Chinese cities. The main goal of the event is to promote the Italian language in China by showing its manifold presence in the fields of contemporary literature, cinema, music, TV and science. During this Photo: Monica De Benedictis year’s Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo, Swiss author Flavio Stroppini will deliver his thrilling presentation “Walking stories: building territories using different narrative platforms”, on Saturday, 18th October 2014, at the Long Museum in Shanghai. Stroppini has perfected the art of story-telling by using different communicational tools (videos, sounds, images and prose) to convey a deeper understanding of the art of traveling, creating a journey report which is an artefact in itself. His projects are developed in an insightful presentation to the audience. Flavio Stroppini’s conferences offer the unique opportunity for the audience to personally engage with one of the most acclaimed Swiss Italian artists and find out more of his art as a cross-media author. More information about Flavio Stroppini’s work is available under: www.flaviostroppini.com 5/6 Cultural Newsletter of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai Jojo Mayer at the 2014 JZ festival Where: Expo Avenue (Shibo Dadao) near Zhoujiadu Road Pudong district When: 18th October 2014, 16:30-18:00 Ticketing: RMB 260 (one day pass presale) RMB 320 (one day pass on the door) RMB 480 (two day pass presale) Swiss born drummer Jojo Mayer will play at this year’s JZ Festival in Shanghai. The festival is among the largest and oldest jazz festivals in all of Asia. For their 10th anniversary, the festival invited some of the most distinguished international musicians, including Swiss jazz legend Jojo Mayer. He is known for bringing jazz, drum and bass, jungle and other influences together. He is also famous for his ability to play the rhythms of programmed jungle drum 'n' bass music on acoustic drums, terming this technique ‘reverse engineering’, a phrase borrowed from computing. Mayer started playing drums at an early age and had his first public performance when he was two years old, sitting in with his father's band. At 18 he received his first international exposure when touring with Monty Alexander and backing up Jazz legends such as Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone. In the early 90's he moved from Europe to New York where he worked as a first call sideman for a wide range of artists and styles. Seeking refuge from the increasingly rigid protocol in Jazz and the regressing Pop music industry, he started to gravitate towards the newly emerging subculture of electronic music. Besides his work as a performer he has created award winning and bestselling product designs for the Music Instrument Industry, and he enjoys an excellent reputation as an educator worldwide. In 2014 the Modern Drummer Magazine listed him as one of the 50 greatest drummers of all time. More information on: www.jzmg.net and www.jojomayer.com 6/6 Cultural Newsletter of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai Dominic Huber at the Shanghai International Art Festival Forum Where: InterContinental Shanghai Puxi 500 Hengfeng Road Zhabei District When: 19th October 2014 in the morning The Shanghai International Art Festival invited Situation Rooms’ set designer Dominic Huber to give a presentation about the Situation Rooms project at the festival’s Forum. Working with a network of directors, sound and light designers as well as performers, Dominic Huber develops a variety of productions from immersive installations, documentary theatre projects to more classical stage productions as a set designer, director or producer. Initially, Situation Rooms came out for the Ruhrtriennale 2013 and is ever since touring around the world from Germany, Greece, France, Australia, Switzerland (Zurich and Lausanne) to Latvia and further on. Apart from an upcoming tour in North America there is considerable interest from Asia - especially Japan where the project was awarded the Japan Media Excellence Award - and now China. More information can be found under: http://www.artsbird.com/ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx