Akon's hard-edged hip-hop and catchy dance floor hits are on the menu for his first Chinese mainland tour, on Nov 4 at Beijing's Mastercard Center, Nov 5 at Shanghai's Mercedes Benz Arena and Nov 7 at Guangzhou Stadium.
The 14th Beijing Music Festival presented a concert of Chinese art songs at the Forbidden City Concert Hall last week.
Beijing Music Festival program A Feast for Eyes and Ears features Mahler's The Song of the Earth and Ye Xiaogang's work of the same title.
Having reached pop's stratosphere just as the music industry was beginning its decadelong crash, Coldplay is perhaps the last in a line of great rock dinosaurs.
Six years since winning the TV singing contest, Super Girl, Zhang Liangying, 27, has been putting her experience and professionalism to the fullest use.
Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber performs during his "My World Tour" concert in Caracas October 19, 2011.
Justin Bieber is getting under the mistletoe with Mariah Carey.
Paul Miller, better known as DJ Spooky, says he is excited to be back in Hong Kong.
The Three Chinese Tenors concert, at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Oct 21, will present three of the nation's most acclaimed tenors.
British singing star Adele continued her current pop reign with a leading four nominations for the 2011 American Music Awards announced on Tuesday, edging out the likes of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.
The National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) will produce Rossini's comic opera La Cenerentola.
Grammy-winning composer and music director Yanni ended his four-city tour of China, with a concert in Chengdu, on Monday evening.