The Shanghai Spring International Music Festival (SSIMF) was founded in 1959 and is still going. Held over three weeks, it takes in some of the more prestigious music venues: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, and the He Luting Concert Hall. SSIMF caters to both sophisticated music fans as well as the mainstream crowd, gathers some of the most well-known composers and music performers in China, from Lu Qiming and Jaap van Zweden to Liao Changyong and Jasmine Chen. Upcoming musicians from Shanghai Conservatory of Music get a lot of support on the programme, too. It’s a nice blend of all kinds of western and eastern music, classical and traditional. More info on the programme visit ssimf.org