Falla: Danza ritual del fuego
Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger Concerto
Tan Dun: Intercourse of Fire and Water
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Tan Dun, conductor
Jing Zhao, cello
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Works by Yi-Wen Jang, Zhou Long and Tan Dun
Wu Man, pipa
Shanghai Quartet

Tan Dun: Internet Symphony
Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger Concerto for cello and orchestra
Tan Dun: Fire Ritual Violin Concerto
Tan Dun: Cell Phone Symphony
Tan Dun, conductor
China National Traditional Orchestra

Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto: The Tears of Nature

Martin Grubinger, percussion
Alexander Georgiev, percussion

Tan Weiwei / Tan Dun: Vocal Concerto: The Song Lines of China
Tan Dun: Dunhuang Ancient Music from Original Manuscript
Tan Dun: Four Secret Roads of Marco Polo

Tan Dun, conductor
Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

Tan Dun: Intercourse of Fire and Water
Tan Dun: Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra
De Falla: Danza ritual del fuego
Stravinsky: Firebird
Tan Dun, conductor
Beijing Symphony Orchestra
Zhao Jing, cello

Tan Dun: Concerto for Piano and Peking Opera Soprano “Farewell My Concubine”

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds

Bartók: Dance Suite

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Op. 19: Suite

Tan Dun, conductor

Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Symphony of Colors: Terracotta (World Premiere)
Tan Dun: Triple Concerto: Hero for violin, violoncello, piano, and orchestra (World Premiere)

Tan Dun, conductor
Ken Hamao, violin
James Jeongwan, cello
Robert Fleitz, piano
The Julliard Orchestra

Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto: The Tears of Nature

Juanjo Mena, conductor
Martin Grubinger, percussion
BBC Philharmonic

Tan Dun: Nu Shu – The Secret Songs of Women
Guan Xia: 100 Birds Flying towards the Phoenix
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture

Tan Dun: Concerto for Piano and Peking Opera Soprano “Farewell My Concubine”
Guan Xia: 100 Birds Flying towards the Phoenix
Tan Weiwei: Song Lines
Falla: El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919)

Tan Dun, conductor
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Concerto for Piano and Peking Opera Soprano “Farewell My Concubine”
Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
Falla: El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919)

Tan Dun, conductor
Auckland Philharmonia

Tan Dun: Concerto for String Quartet and Pipa

Shanghai Quartet

Wu Man, pipa

Tan Dun: Contrabass Concerto: Wolf Totem
Nielsen: Aladdin Suite
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor
Dominic Seldis, soloist
Symphonie Orkest Vlaanderen

Tan Dun: Contrabass Concerto: Wolf Totem 
Nielsen: Aladdin Suite
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor
Dominic Seldis, soloist
Symphonie Orkest Vlaanderen

Tan Dun: The Map
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Alan Buribayev, conductor
Matthew Barley, cello
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

Tan Dun talks on his research and inspiration while exploring the cave temples of Mogao. The event includes performances by percussionist Chenchu Rong and pipa player Wenqing Shi.

Tan Dun: Contrabass Concerto: Wolf Totem

Dvorak: In Nature’s Realm

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”

Erik Harris, double bass

Bruce Hangen, conductor

Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Concerto for Orchestra 
Viver: Orion
Golijov: Azul
Tomas Brauner, conductor
Filharmonie Hradec Králové

Tan Dun: Martial Arts Trilogy

Tan Dun, conductor
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra

Tan Dun: Water Passion after St. Matthew (China premiere)
Tan Dun, conductor
Stephen Bryant, bass
Maria Chiara Chizzoni, soprano
Alexandrina Boyanova, violin
Felix Fan, cello
Gert Francois, lead percussion
Tom Pipeleers, percussion
Xinru Zhang, percussion
Yuanlin Chen, keyboard/sampler

Internationale Chorakademie Lübeck

Michael Gordon: Romeo
Tan Dun: “Farewell my Concubine” Concerto for Peking Opera Soprano & Piano
Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind & Birds
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

Tan Dun, conductor
Ralph van Raat, piano
Xiao Di, Peking Opera soprano
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind & Birds
Tan Dun: Concerto for Piano & Peking Opera Soprano “Farewell my Concubine”

Tan Dun, conductor
Xiao Di, Peking Opera soprano
Ralph van Raat, piano
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra

Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galánta

Gioachino Rossini: Une larme

Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 10

David Popper: Requiem for Three Cellos and Orchestra

Hei-Ye Ni, cello

Dalia Stasevska, conductor

Tapiola Sinfonietta

Michael Gordon: Romeo
Tan Dun: “Farewell my Concubine” Concerto for Peking Opera Soprano & Piano
Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind & Birds
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

Tan Dun, conductor
Ralph van Raat, piano
Xiao Di, Peking Opera soprano
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Akron Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Martial Arts Trio (World premiere)
China Trio

Tan Dun: Concerto for Piano & Peking Opera Soprano “Farewell my Concubine” (European premiere)
Tan Dun: Out of Peking Opera
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
Tan Dun, conductor
Yingdi Sun, piano
Siqing Lu, violin
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pflaz

Tan Dun: Intercourse of Fire and Water, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
Smetana: Vltava
Britten: Four Sea Interludes
Tan Dun, conductor
Li-Wei Qin, cello
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pflaz

Tan Dun: Symphonic Poem on Three Notes
Britten: Four Sea Interludes
Takemitsu: A String Around Autumn
Takemitsu: Three Film Scores
John Williams: Selections from Memoirs of a Geisha
Gustavo Dudamel: The Liberator
Tan Dun: Selections from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon & The Banquet

China National Symphony Orchestra
Tan Dun, conductor

Tan Dun: Nu Shu – The Secret Songs of Women
Leo McFall, conductor
Anni Kuusimäki, harp
Oulu Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa
Jam P. Liu, conductor
Sinfonieorchester Aachen

Tan Dun: Orchestral Theater II: Re
Tan Dun: Symphonic Poem on 3 Notes
Takemitsu: I Hear the Water Dreaming
Takemitsu: Gémeaux

Tan Dun, conductor
Bunkichi Arakawa, oboe
Joergen van Rijen, trombone
Stephen Bryant, bass
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Tan Dun: Contrabass Concerto: Wolf Totem
Gyger: Acquisition
Stravinsky: Petrushka
David Robertson, conductor
Alex Henery, double bass
Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa

Wu Man, pipa

NCPA Orchestra

Tan Dun: Passacaglia – The Secret of Wind and Birds

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture

Copland: Music for Movies

Michael Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation – Part I

Respighi: The Pines of Rome

Christopher Wilkins, conductor

Boston Landmarks Orchestra

Tan Dun: Tears of Nature
Tan Dun: Timpani Concerto, Spring
Tan Dun: Marimba Concerto, Autumn
Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto, Winter
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Tan Dun, conductor
China National Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Water Passion after St. Matthew
(Chicago Premiere)
Los Angeles Master Chorale
(Grant Gershon, Director)
Delaram Kamareh, Soprano
Stephen Bryant, Bass-baritone
Shalini Vijayan, Violin
Cecilia Tsan, Cello
David Cossin, Percussion
Theresa Dimond, Percussion
John Wakefield, Percussion

Tan Dun: Symphonic Poem on 3 Notes
Tan Dun: Nu Shu – The Secret Songs of Women for 13 micro films, harp and orchestra
Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin
Tan Dun, conductor
Orchestre National de Lyon

Tan Dun: Water Concerto for water percussion and orchestra

Holst: The Planets

John Storgårds, conductor

Christopher Lamb, percussion

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Baltimore Choral Arts Society Women’s Chorus, Tom Hall, director

Tan Dun: Water Concerto for water percussion and orchestra
Holst: The Planets

John Storgårds, conductor
Christopher Lamb, percussion

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Choral Arts Society Women’s Chorus, Tom Hall, director

Tan Dun: Symphonic Poem on 3 Notes
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
Muhai Tang, conductor
Brussels Philharmonic

Tan Dun: Water Passion After St. Matthew

Sarah Ioannides, conductor

Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Tan Dun: Water Passion after St. Matthew
Tan Dun, conductor
Flemish Radio Choir & Brussels Philharmonic Soloists
Maria Chiara Chizzoni, soprano
Stephen Bryant, bass
Yuanlin Chen, keyboard
Gert François, percussion

Tan Dun: Heaven Earth Mankind

National Children’s Chorus

American Youth Symphony

Film: Water, The Tears of Nature
Tan Dun: Water Concerto for water percussion and orchestra
Film: Paper, The Sound of Nature
Tan Dun: Paper Concerto for paper percussion and orchestra

Tan Dun, conductor

Rotterdam Philharmonic

Hatzis: The Isle is Full of Noises
Tan Dun: Water Concerto for water percussion and orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan”

Andrey Boreyko, conductor
Colin Currie, percussion

Naples Philharmonic

Traditional Korean Folk Song: “Arirang”

Tan Dun: Water Concerto for water percussion and orchestra

Takemitsu: Night Signal

Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird

Danail Rachev, conductor

Pius Cheung, percussion

Eugene Symphony

Smetana: Má Vlast Vltava
Wu: Southern Music: Silk Road on Water
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Tan Dun: The Map

Tan Dun, conductor
Li Wei Qin, cello
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Water Concerto for water percussion and orchestra
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
San Francisco Symphony

Tan Dun: Nu Shu – The Secret Songs of Women Symphony for 13 micro films, harp and orchestra (New York Premiere)

Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture

Chen Gang and He Zhanhao: The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto

Long Yu, conductor

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Nancy Allen, harp

New York Philharmonic

Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

George Hanson, conductor laureate
Sasha Cooke, mezzo
Richard Cox, tenor
Anne Gratz, cello

Tuscon Symphony Orchestra

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, “Classical”

Tan Dun: Contrabass Concerto: The Wolf (U.S. Premiere)

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden Suite

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

David Robertson, conductor

Erik Harris, double bass

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Water Passion After Saint Matthew

Tan Dun, conductor
Stephen Bryant, baritone
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Adi Boyanova, violin
Felix Fan, cello
David Cossin, lead percussion
Yuanlin Chen, keyboard

Tan Dun: selected piano works
Iván Pérez Aviles and Ming-Lung Yang, choreography
Cryptic, creative direction
Dance Forum Taipei and Anmaro Asia Arts, producers

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, “Classical”

Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto – The Tears of Nature

Keiko Abe: Prism Rhapsody (shortened version)

Astor Piazzolla: Libertango

Loesser / Brown-Freed: If I Were a Bell / Singin’ in the Rain

Jason Robert Brown: It All Fades Away (from The Bridges of Madison County)

Stephen Sondheim: Anyone Can Whistle / Being Alive

George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm (arrangement tba)

Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride – Overture and Three Dances

Christoph Eschenbach and Steven Reineke, conductors

Sutton Foster, vocals

Martin Grubinger, percussion

National Symphony Orchestra

Smetana: Vltava
Tan Dun: Water Concerto for water percussion and orchestra
Toru Takemitsu: Hear the Water Dreaming
Britten: Four Sea Interludes
Tan Dun, conductor
Haruka Fujii, percussion
Nobutaka Shimizu, flute
Kyoto Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun: Symphonic Poem on Three Notes
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Tan Dun: Nu Shu – The Secret Songs of Women
Zeyu Victor Li, violin
Zhang Xinru, percussion
Hong Kong Philharmonic

Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1
Uuno Klami: Cheremissian Fantasy
Tan Dun: Nu Shu – Secret Songs of Women
Tan Dun, conductor
Anni Kuusimäki, harp
Anssi Karttunen, cello
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Tan Dun, conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zhang Zuo, piano
Ray Chen, violin
Johannes Moser, cello

TAN DUN: Banquet Concerto
TAN DUN: Hero Concerto
TAN DUN: Crouching Tiger Concerto
TAN DUN: The Triple Resurrection

Tan Dun: Farewell My Concubine: Qing Yi Opera & Piano Symphonic Poem, World Premiere
Long Yu, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun: Passacaglia: The Secret of Wind and Birds (commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yundi, piano

Tan Dun, conductor

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Tan Dun, conductor

Orchestra Teatro Verdi

Tan Dun, conductor
Anssi Karttunen, cello

Tan Dun, conductor

China National Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun mounts Living in Future at the 2015 Venice Biennale

Tan Dun: Symphonic Poem on There Notes 
John Cage: 4’33”
Tan Dun: Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women (Italian Premiere)

Tan Dun, conductor
Petra van der Heide, harp
Chenchu Rong
Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta

Tan Dun: Selections from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,”
“The Banquet,” and “Hero”
Damian Iorio, conductor
Ryu Goto, violin
Peter Wyrick, cello
Robin Sutherland, piano

Stephen Bryant, bass
Yuanlin Chen, digital sampler
David Cossin, lead percussion
Cecilia Tsan, cello
Grant Gershon, conductor
April 11, 2015 at 02:00PM
April 12, 2015 at 07:00PM

Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto “The Tears of Nature”
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Martin Grubinger, percussion
Tan Dun, conductor

Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto “The Tears of Nature”
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Martin Grubinger, percussion
Tan Dun, conductor

Tan Dun: Internet Symphony No. 1 “Eroica”
Mason Bates: Desert Transport
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

ASIAN PREMIERE
C. Debussy: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto “The Tears of Nature”
Tan Dun: Contrabass Concerto: Wolf Totem
Maurice Ravel: Bolero
Yung-Ho Fu, double bass
May-Lin Ju, clarinet
Ju Percussion Group, percussion
Tan Dun, conductor

Tan Dun, conductor
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Tan Dun Symphonic Poem on 3 Notes
Puccini Turandot: ‘Signore, ascolta!’
Puccini Gianni Schicchi: ‘O mio babbino caro’
Ravel Bolero
Tan Dun Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women

Huayi Festival
Tan Dun, conductor

WEST COAST PREMIERE
Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Tan Dun: The Triple Resurrection
Jian Wang, cello
Ning Feng, violin
Haochen Zhang, piano
Xian Zhang, conductor

UK PREMIERE
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Tan Dun: Contrabass Concerto: Wolf Totem
Hindemith: Concerto for Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Marcel Becker, bass
Darrell Ang, Conductor

Chorakademie Lübecke
Maria Chiara Chizzoni (soprano)
Stephen Bryant (baritone)
Jiamin Wang (violin)
Beibei Wang (percussion)
Yuanlin Chen (sampler)

Lux Aeterna Festival
Chorakademie Lübecke
Maria Chiara Chizzoni (soprano)
Stephen Bryant (baritone)
Jiamin Wang (violin)
Beibei Wang (percussion)
Yuanlin Chen (sampler)

Chou Wen-Chung, Three Folk Songs
Tan Dun, Southern Home Song (Nan Xiang Zi)
Li Jun, Dawn Breaking
Ye Xiaogang, Datura, op. 57
Ye Xiaogang, Spring in the Forest (Lin Quan)
Tan Dun, Concerto for String Quartet and Zheng

Tan Dun (speaker)
Yuan Li (zheng)
Marijn Mijnders (violin)
Anna de Vey Mestdagh (violin)
Saeko Oguma (viola)
Julia Tom (cello)
Kersten McCall (fluit/bass flute)
Petra van der Heide (harp)
Jeroen Bal (piano)

Debussy: Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra (Première rapsodie)
–intermission
Tan Dun: Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women
Alive, Adventurous, Alluring series

Petra Van Der Heide, harp
Dominc Seldis, double bass
Tan Dun, conductor
January 29, 2015 at 09:15PM
January 30, 2015 at 08:15PM

Tan Dun
Concerto for Pizzicato Piano and Ten Instruments
Eight Memories in Water Colour
Traces
C-A-G-E
Dew Drop Falls
Selections from ‘The Banquet Concerto’ (solo piano version, world premiere)

Nieuw Ensemble
Ed Spanjaard, conductor
Katherine Dain, soprano
Romain Bischoff, baritone
Ralph van Raat, piano

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.

Tan Dun, conductor

Tan Dun, conductor

Wagner: Prelude to Act III/Lohengrin
Wagner: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music/Gotterdammerung
Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Jing Wang, erhu

Tan Dun: Paper Concerto
–intermission
Tan Dun: Symphonic Poem on Three Notes
Ravel: Bolero
Gallus Hall
Tan Dun, conductor

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Tan Dun: Guitar Concerto
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Debussy: Iberia
Hamer Hall: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Xuefei Yang, guitar
Benjamin Northey, conductor

Tan Dun: Symphonic Poem on Three Notes
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin
–intermission
Tan Dun: Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
Tan Dun, conductor

South American Premiere
Santiago Philharmonic