Softer side of jazz

Four-time billboard chart-topping trumpet player Chris Botti (above) will make his Beijing debut on Sunday, performing jazz and classically-inspired music with his band. Botti won a Grammy award for his 2012 album Impressions. The New York Times says, "Chris Botti has a trumpet sound that suggests the softer side of luminosity, the realm of sunsets and half-moons." A charismatic performer in his own right, Botti has shared the stage with such popular stars as Paul Smith, Sting and most recently, Barbra Streisand. He will perform his signature works including When I Fall in Love, Flamenco Sketches, The Very Thought of You and the rendition of Puccini's Nessun Dorma. He has been invited to China by the Beijing Music Festival.

7:30 pm, Oct 13. The Orange, Sanlitun, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-6507-1833/2833.