Classical music: Pianist Lang Lang, violinist Nigel Kennedy and conductors Daniel Barenboim and Christoph Eschenbach are performing at the annual Beijing Music Festival this month.

Modern dance: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Paul Taylor Dance Company will perform in Beijing over the next two months.

Ballet: The English National Ballet brings its production of Swan Lake to Beijing at the year's end.

Musicals: Broadway musical 42nd Street is now touring nine Chinese cities, including second-tier cities such as Ningbo and Hefei, while a Chinese version of Les Miserables will open in Beijing in November next year.