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Tan Dun (Chinese: 谭盾; pinyin: Tán Dùn, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʰǎn tu̯ə̂n]; born 18 August 1957) is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. [1] [2] A leading figure of contemporary classical music , [2] he draws from a variety of Western and Chinese influences, a dichotomy which has shaped much of his life and music. [3]
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Tan Dun: meet the composer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Chinese-American composer Tan Dun went from humble origins to global success, yet his concerns – balance, humanity, nature – remain the same.
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The world-renowned artist and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador Tan Dun, has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. A winner of today’s most prestigious honors including the Grammy Award, Oscar ...
Mar 17, 2023 · According to Tan, Buddha Passion is the ideal entry point into his oeuvre as it plays to his strengths. "I feel this piece was much clearer and easier for me. I have grown as a composer in that I am much more focused on my storytelling,” he told Opera Wire. “ Buddha Passion is in six acts, six mini-operas, and six stories, very slim and clear.
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His second work in the genre, Marco Polo (1996), set to a libretto by Paul Griffiths, won the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 1998. Tan Dun's most recent opera, The First Emperor (2006), was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and directed by Zhang Yimou, with whom Tan Dun had collaborated on the film Hero.
May 14, 2018 · Tan Dun. Tan Dun, significant Chinese composer; b. Si Mao, central Hunan Province, Aug. 18, 1957. While working among peasants during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, he began collecting folk songs. After playing viola in the Beijing Opera orch. (1976-77), he entered the recently reopened Central Cons, in Beijing in 1978 to study composition (B ...
