Axiom Brass Quintet from the United States will perform at Shenzhen Concert Hall.

Praised for their “high level of musicality and technical abil-ity” and for their “clean, clear and precise sound,” the award-winning quintet has established itself as “one of the major art music groups in brass chamber music.”

Internationally recognized for their groundbreaking programming, their repertoire ranges from jazz and Latin music to string quartet transcriptions, as well as original compositions for brass quintet. Axiom Brass’ perfor-mances have captured the hearts and imaginations of their audiences, leading the ensemble to national radio and television appearances as well as

concerts around the world.Under the direction of trumpeter

Dorival Puccini, the quintet’s other members are tuba player Kevin Har-rison, trumpeter Kris Hammond, trombone player Mary Tyler and horn player Melanie Erena Kjellsen.

Puccini is a founding member of the Axiom Brass. His interest in chamber

music has led him to contribute over a dozen transcriptions for brass quintet specially written for the Axiom Brass.

Axiom’s commitment to education and their blend of virtuosic performances and dynamic teaching have inspired young audiences around the nation, earning the ensemble the 2011 Fischoff Educator Award. Their educational concert “Let’s Make Music” has captivated thousands of elementary and middle school students in the U.S.Time: 8 p.m., Jan. 31Tickets: 180-680 yuanVenue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, inter-section 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)

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Events

Chen Xiaoyun’s worksChinese artist Chen Xiaoyun is exhibiting his sculptures, paint-ings and video installations at Enclave Independent Store. Chen’s works are artistic and poetic in style, with introspective thinking presented in the format of narratives and individual frag-ments of consciousness.Dates: Until Feb. 17Venue: Enclave Independent Store, 6/F, Building 423, Bagua Road 3, Futian District (福田区八卦三路423栋6楼飞地书局)Metro: Line 7, Bagualing Sta-tion (八卦岭站), Exit D

“Letter from an Unknown Woman”Chinese stage drama “Letter from an Unknown Woman,” directed by Chinese director Meng Jinghui, will be shown in Shenzhen.

The story is based on the novel “Letter from an Unknown Woman” by Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig. It tells the story of an author who, while read-ing a letter written by a woman he does not remember, gets glimpses into her life story.Time: 8 p.m., Jan. 24-27; 2:30 p.m., Jan. 28Venue: Shenzhen Children’s Palace, intersection of Hongli Road and Jintian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和金田路交汇处深圳少年宫)Metro: Line 3 or Line 4, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit B

Italian ceramicsA selection of 150 ceramic pieces from Italy’s International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza are on display at the newly opened “Majolica: An Exhibition of the Legacies of 1,000 years of Italian Ceramics” at Shenzhen Museum, portraying Italian ceramic history from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.Dates: Until March 25Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)Metro: Line 2 or 3, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B

Pakho ChauHong Kong Cantopop singer and songwriter Pakho Chau (Chau Pak-ho) will give a solo concert at Shenzhen Gymnasium on Jan. 13.

Having once represented Hong Kong in basketball, Chau decided to pursue his longtime passion for music. In May 2008, a duet with Cantopop starlet Stephanie Cheng was released, called “Nothing Done.” This song became massively popular, achieving commercial success and reaching the top of many music charts in Hong Kong.Time: 8 p.m., Jan. 13Venue: Shenzhen Gymnasium, Sungang Road West, Futian District (福田区笋岗西路深圳体育馆)Metro: Line 3, Tongxinling Sta-tion (通新岭站), Exit C (SD News)

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More than 100 ancient Guan-yin statues and paintings on loan from Capital Museum in Beijing are on display at

Shenzhen Museum at the newly opened The Wisdom of Achieving Inner Peace exhibition.

The exhibition is divided into Han Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism sec-tions, featuring wood, porcelain and copper-gilt statues of Guanyin, the bod-hisattva of compassion.

The most striking piece is a qingbai (green-white) porcelain statue made in Jingdezhen during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) and unearthed in Beijing in 1964. With a beaming and peaceful expression, the Guanyin is folded under a voluminous robe.

Qingbai ware, which is made with a white porcelain body and fi red with a blue-green tinted glaze, is a type of Chinese porcelain that was produced during the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties. It was made in Jiangxi Province in southeastern China across several locations including Jing-dezhen.

Guanyin exhibits in the style of Tibetan Buddhism are mostly copper-gilt green tara. Some bodhisattva statues bear striking Indian Gandhara art and Nepalese features.Dates: Until Feb. 28, 2018Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., closed Mon-daysVenue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)Metro: Line 2 or 4, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B

Finding inner peace at Guanyin exhibition

The exhibition attracts many visitors. Photos by Sun Yuchen

A Guanyin porcelain statue on display at the exhibition.