On May 23rd, Tan Dun will conduct the world premiere of his landmark new work – Buddha Passion (Opera in Six Acts) at the Dresdner Musikfestspiele at Kulturpalast Dresden in Dresden, Germany. Commissioned jointly by the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the piece promises to “takes your breath away” (Dresden Music Festival). This monumental work, sung in Chinese and Sanskrit, is scored for seven soloists, choir and orchestra ...

On March 17th, 2018 Tan Dun will conduct the New Japan Philharmonic in his Organic Music Trilogy at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The concert will also feature the Japan premiere of his Earth Concerto for ceramic instruments and orchestra alongside his Paper Concerto and Water Concerto. On Earth Concerto, Tan Dun states “I am always in belief that earth, like all other natural ...

On Feb 15th, 2018, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts featured renowned Chinese conductor and composer Tan Dun as the highlight of their three-year Lunar New Year celebration. Tan Dun conducted the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra in a spectacular program. The performance was bookended by two of Igor Stravinsky’s works, opening with Feu d’artifice Op. 4 (Fireworks) and closing with Firebird Suite. The Washington Classical Review, stated that the “first, a colorful and precise read ...

Tan Dun led the London Symphony Orchestra and the award-winning China Trio in the UK premiere of his Martial Arts Trilogy (2011) at the Barbican Centre on Nov. 30th, 2017. Financial Times critic, Richard Fairman, describes the Martial Arts Trilogy concert event as a “success” and the music “varied and imaginative”, stating that the “epic quality and fantasy are clear enough”. Adapted for the concert hall ...

Listen to Tan Dun lead the NDR Radiophilharmonie and percussionist Alexej Gerassimez perform Tan Dun’s Percussion Concerto: The Tears of Nature and Mussorgsky’s classic Pictures at an Exhibition. This week Tan Dun takes the podium in Hannover conducting the NDR Radiophilharmonie to kick off his five-city tour in Germany. Sharing the stage with the dynamic percussionist Alexej Gerassimez, Tan Dun’s program features Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and his own Percussion ...

“This year the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement goes to Tan Dun, a charismatic multitalented figure in the music of our time, and one of the composers most representative of the creativity born and bred in the orient that has so intensely engaged with and indeed bonded with the west. Tan Dun’s compositions, such as the three symphonic scores that he himself will conduct in their Italian premiere performances in the concert ...

This July, Tan Dun took the stage for the Shanghai Summer Air Festival, leading the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the Hanggai Band in a program of Symphonic Rock. “Symphonic Rock is a dialogue between symphony and rock ‘n’ roll,” says Tan Dun. “Bach talks to rock, Wagner to Kublai Khan. The music can contain so many different elements, and we’re taking folk to the future.” Tan Dun has collaborated with the Hanggai Band, a Mongolian folk group, ...

On June 27, Tan Dun takes the stage at London’s Cadogan Hall to lead the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with soloist Jing Zhao. The program comprises Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Concerto – with cellist Jing Zhao – and Intercourse of Water and Fire alongside Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and Falla’s Danza ritual del fuego.

Tan Dun leads the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in a sold-out concert on May 13, exploring how ancient and modern can mix to create something new. “By using old instruments, re-interpreting ancient scores with a modern orchestra, we are creating a sound map – connecting the old with the new,” says Tan Dun. Tan Dun joins superstar Tan Weiwei for the China premiere of “The Song Lines of China,” and also leads the orchestra in ...

On June 11, Tan Dun’s Percussion Concerto: The Tears of Nature is featured by percussionists Martin Grubinger and Alexander Georgiev at the new Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Tan Dun wrote the concerto for Grubinger, who premiered the piece with the NDR Symphony Orchestra in 2012. Discover the concerto