On June 5th, 2020, Tan Dun’s Prayer and Blessing will be broadcast by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) over 30 radio channels and to 29 countries as a featured premiere performance on UNESCO World Environment Day. Prayer and Blessing by Tan Dun is his unique response to the COVID-19 crisis and an effort to bring together isolated musicians from around the world. Meant to be performed with varying instrumentations, together or remotely, virtually or live, the power ...

Tan Dun Conducting Programs 2020-2022 DIALOGUES “I Make Music and Music Makes Me, As My Icons Mahler and Bernstein…” – Tan Dun To Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th Birthday (Beethoven and Tan Dun)  1   NINE TO NINE 1)    Tan Dun: Choral Concerto: Nine (Everlasting) Commissioned by London’s Royal Philharmonic Society and BTHVN2020 ———————————————————- 2)    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Choral) 2    NATURE 1)    Tan Dun: The Tears of Nature (Percussion Concerto) ———————————————————- 2)    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale) 3    TRIPLE CONCERTOS 1)    Tan Dun: Triple Concerto (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) ———————————————————- 2)    Beethoven: Triple Concerto (Stravinsky and Tan Dun) 4   ...

On February 15th, 2020, Tan Dun conducted the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in a very special concert that strove to raise awareness and support for those that are suffering from the coronavirus – Covid-19. In support of the fight against Covid-19, Tan Dun wrote a new work inspired by the well-known percussion instruments from Wuhan. The world premiere of his “12 Sounds of Wuhan” was written for “Wuhan” gongs and “Wuhan” Tam Tam’s paired with symphony orchestra. ...

The world premieres of Tan Dun’s Fanfare Overture and Vocal Concerto: The Deer of Nine Colors were performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra and their Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on their historic tour to China commemorating the 40th of official U.S.-China diplomatic relations from May 16-28, 2019. As the first American orchestra to perform in China in 1973, The Philadelphia Orchestra helped develop President Nixon’s personal request to form bridges of cultural exchange. Tan Dun heard The Philadelphia Orchestra’s performance on ...

On February 8, 2019, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by Gustavo Dudamel, performed the North American premiere of Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion. The “brilliant” work was featured for the L.A. Phil’s Chinese Lunar New Year weekend-long celebration to usher in the Year of the Boar (The LA Times). The audience at Walt Disney Concert Hall gave an enthusiastic response proving the operatic work “a hit… well before it reached the finish line.” From the ...

We are excited to share with you the release of Tan Dun’s latest CD of violin concertos, including his newest composition, Fire Ritual – a music ritual for the Victims of War. “The piece is centered on the note ‘re’ of the solfege scale- calling for the REturn of souls and the REbirth of all victims of war so that they may RElive another life, and love once more.” – Tan Dun Tan Dun and Eldbjørg created ...

December 21, 2018 – Bard College announces the appointment of Tan Dun as Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music. As dean, Tan Dun will guide the Conservatory  in fulfilling its mission of teaching young musicians both new music and music history, while deepening an understanding of its connection to history, art and culture, and society. He will also help to build synergy between Eastern and Western studies at the Conservatory, ...

November 1, 2018 — On November 11th, 2018, world-renowned artist Tan Dun will open TŌN Orchestra’s (The Orchestra Now) third Rose Theater Season at Lincoln Center. One of the leading cellists of her generation, cello soloist Jing ZHAO will make her Lincoln Center debut in the U.S. premiere of Tan Dun’s Cello Concerto: Intercourse of Fire and Water. As a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and global cultural leader, Tan Dun uses ...

On October 6, 2018, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performed the Australian premiere of Tan Dun’s new large-scale choral work Buddha Passion. Critics and audiences alike resoundingly praised the piece as a “vivid and approachable epic… [bringing] many in the audience to their feet” for a prolonged standing ovation (Limelight). The orchestra, chorus, and soloists virtuosically realized the challenging combination of eastern and western stylistic elements, and “responded enthusiastically to Tan [Dun’s] clear direction” ...

Hailed as an “astonishing experience of linguistic and musical landscape” (Suddeutsche Zeitung, Dresden) and  “powerful sound epic” (Global Interculture, Dresden), Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion launches from its Dresden world premiere to tour the world. On Saturday, October 6, 2018 Tan Dun will conduct the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Melbourne International Arts Festival. The extraordinary and unique musical work will then continue onto having its Asia Premiere in ...