Chinese conductor and composer Tan Dun recently led Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women at Singapore’s Huayi Festival with the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra. The Straits Times lauded the Symphony for 13 Microfilms, Harp and Orchestra as “poignant and unforgettable,” characterizing the work as “a synthesis of visual and musical journalism.” In January, Tan Dun conducted the European premiere of Nu Shu with the Royal Concertgeoubw Orchestra. In ...

Tan Dun recently conducted the world premiere of his Contrabass Concerto: The Wolf and European premiere of Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to critical acclaim. The performances featured RCO principal bassist Dominic Seldis in The Wolf and harpist Petra van der Heide in Nu Shu. Het Parool‘s ​ Erik Voermans noted that “the ...

To mark the Lunar New Year, Tan Dun appears this February at the Huayi Festival in Singapore and returns to conduct the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for performances of Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women. The Chinese composer/conductor’s symphony for 13 micro films, harp and orchestra traces this ancient and endangered tradition of women’s writing — “Nu Shu” — and gives it a contemporary voice. For the first of his two ...

On March 6, 2015, Tan Dun continues his spring performance season as conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Taipei for the Asian premieres of his Contrabass Concerto: The Wolf and Percussion Concerto: The Tears of Nature. The new work is a co-commission of co-commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, St Louis Symphony, and Tasmanian ...

Tan Dun conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a spectacular performance of his Martial Arts Trilogy at the Hollywood Bowl on August 13, 2015. The spectacular concert will be accompanied by selected scenes from the soaring and spiritual films that inspired the composer and conductor’s triptych of scores for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, and The Banquet. Pianist Zhang Zuo, violinist Ray Chen, and cellist Johannes Moser solo in this trio ...

In January, Tan Dun hosted “From China to America: A Musical Journey with Tan Dun and Guests,” an evening of conversation and music with fellow noted Chinese-American composers Chou Wen-chung, Chen Yi and Zhou Long in an event at the New York Historical Society. In addition to sharing personal stories about their global experience, the artists paid tribute to Chou Wen-chung, an instrumental figure in inviting prominent Chinese composers to study in the United States. Listen to ...

The composer and conductor Tan Dun has been honored with The Brilliance of China – Choice for Chinese Culture Promoters of the Year. The award recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the advancement of Chinese culture in other nations and regions around the world in areas as diverse as the arts, sports, education, politics, humanities, natural sciences, and philanthropy. From the New York Philharmonic to Water Music, from the Philadelphia Orchestra to Nu Shu, ...

Joined by accomplished composers—the Pulitzer Prize-winning Zhou Long, and the award-winning Chen Yi—Tan Dun will lead a performance and discussion that weaves together a narrative of the artists’ musical journeys from China to America. The evening will also include a tribute performance from the award-winning Ying Quartet to composer Chou Wen-chung, who invited the composers to America and Columbia University.

To kick off the New Year, Tan Dun conducts the Latin American premieres of Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women and Martial Arts Trilogy as part of the 2015 Festival Internacional Santiago a Mil in Santiago, Chile. On January 3, 2015, the Chinese composer/conductor takes the podium for a performance of Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women, a symphony ...

On February 3 & 4, 2015, Tan Dun will conduct his Water Passion after St. Matthew, first for the opening event of Hamburg’s Lux Aeterna Festival–which is devoted to artists, composers and works where spirituality plays a central role–and also in Lübeck. Tan Dun will lead the Internationale Chorakademie Lübeck and a cast of soloists that includes Maria Chiara Chizzoni (soprano), Stephen Bryant (baritone), Jiamin Wang (violin), Beibei Wang (percussion), ...