Launched in 2005, Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) strives to be both a celebration of film set in the beautiful landscapes of Jecheon City and exhilarating music shared and enjoyed by everyone of all generations and musical tastes. The film music composers who left significant marks in the Korean film music industry had been awarded Jecheon Film Music Honorary Award by Jecheon International Music and Film Festival since 2006 to 2016. All 11 film...

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 elements, holds deep a spirit, speaking with a language all their own,...

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...