Xue Wei Violin Concerto

It has been a great year for the Chinese-born violinist, Xue Wei. He has been invited to be the youngest member of the jury for the Inter-national Tchaikovsky Competition For Young Musicians (in which he won the silver prize in 1986). Xue has also been asked to be acting professor at the Shanghai Music Institute. He will step on to the City Hall stage today with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yu Fang. Today, 8pm. City Hall Concert Hall, Central. Inquiries: 2377 2326. $100-$380 Urbtix

Dreams In A Toy Box

Fire your imagination with a performance by Japan's Puppet Theatre Kawasemi-Za, a highlight of the International Arts Carnival this week. Dreams In A Toy Box is a series of stories without words, acted out by luminous puppets that walk and fly around the stage as their masters, dressed in black and barely visible, dance behind them. Today, 7.30pm. North District Town Hall Auditorium. Inquiries: 2370 1044. $100-$160 Urbtix

Midsummer Classics 2002

The Budapest Concert Orchestra is in town to play a series of six concerts paying tribute to six countries. Led by music director Tamas Gal and Hong Kong's Yip Wing-sie, the orchestra will perform its first show, Passione Italiana, tomorrow. Mon-Fri performances at the Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Tsim Sha Tsui. Saturday's performance is at Tsuen Wan Town Hall and Sunday is at the Tuen Mun Town Hall. Inquiries: 2268 7321. Urbtix

Hong Kong Youth Music Camp Concerts

Having spent their summer days at a music camp organised by the Music Office at Sai Kung's Outdoor Rec-reation Centre, young musicians of the Camp Symphony Orchestra, Children's Choir, Children's Chinese Orchestra and Cello Ensemble perform their well-practised pieces today at the City Hall Concert Hall, 3pm. $40-$60 Urbtix

Hidden Arts Of Sai Kung

The newly formed Sai Kung Arts Society holds its first summer exhibition at the Sai Kung Town Hall. Sponsored by the Sai Kung Tourist Board to coincide with the Hong Kong Tourism Board's July promotion of the district, the show has been planned by the local arts and crafts community who display work by 25 Chinese and seven expatriate artists which includes paintings, sculpture, pottery and works by a violin maker, a glass engraver, photography and creations by children from two local schools. The works are not for sale but supervisors on hand will be available to handle 'negotiations'. Open daily 9am-8pm. Sai Kung Town Hall, Chan Man Street. Sai Kung. Inquiries: 2792 1856. Ends on Tuesday

Face A Face

Gallery On Old Bailey pays tribute to portraiture with an exhibition of Chinese artists. Xiao Qing and Yu Hanxi create portraits of vivid realism. Young artist Peng Weiheng takes a step beyond realism to emphasise character traits of his subjects - he captures the movement of facial expressions - and Li Yongqi uses blotches of colours and shapes to configure the human face in an abstract style. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-7pm. Sun noon-5pm. Gallery On Old Bailey, G/F and Basement, 17 Old Bailey Street, Central. Tel: 2869 7122. Ends Aug 15

A Summer Selection

Galerie Du Monde joins the welter of summer exhibitions springing up in every corner of the arts scene, with an exhibition of new paintings on canvas by popular Chinese artists Yu Ajun, Zhou Xiaoyu, Liu Changwan and Yin Yongchun. Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun noon-5pm. Galerie Du Monde, 328 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway. Ends Aug 31

Ninth Anniversary Exhibition

This is a group exhibition which 'chronicles the development of Vietnamese painting over three generations'. Works from the last clutch of painters from Hanoi's French Fine Art Academy in 1945 are displayed alongside works from the 1960s and 70s, and contemporary artists such as Nguyen Thanh Binh and Phan Cam Thuong. Open 10.30am-6.30pm Mon-Sat. Galerie La Vong, 13/F One Lan Kwai Fong. Tel: 2869 6863. Ends August 20

A Love Of Art: Works by HKU SPACE Western Art Teachers

Following A Love Of Ink: Works By HKU SPACE Chinese Art Lecturers, held in 2001, this is a display of works by 11 artists who teach Western art at SPACE. Watercolour, oil, mixed media paintings, serigraphy, photography and ceramics. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun 1.30pm-5.30pm. Free admission. University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam. Tel: 2241 5500. Ends August 11

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