Biography of Tan Dun

Tan Dun, born in Hunan in 1957, has won many national creative awards in China. His orchestral work "Taoji" was even selected as one of the "20th Century Musical Artists". Chinese Music Classics". In addition, Tan Dun is also very active in experimental creative art. His musicals such as "Paper Music", "Tao Music" and "Water Music" have had a great impact on the international avant-garde art field and have received wide acclaim. Other international awards such as the "Weber International Composition Award", "Santori Composition Award", "MIT Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award" and other international awards have pushed his reputation to the highest peak. At the 44th Grammy Awards, Tan Dun once again won honors for Chinese musicians. The theme song "Moonlight Lover" from the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was nominated for "Best Original Film Music" and "Best Original Film Song". "Eternal Vow" from the soundtrack of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was nominated for "Best Classical Music", and the guitar concerto from "Yi" was nominated for "Best Classical Music Concerto".

Full record of Tan Dun's awards:

-"Ode to Fengya"

Won the Weber prize in Dresden (1983)

Won the Canadian Glengard Music Award (1996)

-"Marco Polo"

Marco Polo (Sony Classcial SK 62912)

Won Japan's "Record Geijutsu" "Best Contemporary Recording Award" (1997)

Regarded as "one of the ten most important musicians in the international music scene this year" by "The New York Times" (1997)

Named "Best Composer of the Year" by Germany's "Opera World" (1997)

Won the Grawemeyer Award (1999)

-"Crouching Tiger" "Hidden Dragon"

The film's original music

Won the "Los Angeles Film Critics Award" and the "Taiwan Golden Horse Award" (2001)

Won the Flanders Film Festival in Belgium Original Music Award (2001)

Won the Antonia Schiff Music Award (2001) at the 53rd British Academy Film Awards (British Oscars)

The 73rd American Academy Award for "Best Original Music" (2001)

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Tan Dun personally Archives

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Name: TAN Dun

Date of birth: August 18, 1957 Day

Place of birth: rural Simao, Hunan

Constellation: Leo

Zodiac: Rooster

Birthplace: Hunan

Family status: Wife: Huang Jingjie (native of Shanghai), one son: one and a half years old now

Sector: Culture and Art

Education:

* He received a scholarship from Columbia University in the United States and obtained a doctorate (1986)

* After the Cultural Revolution, the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music opened admissions for the first time, and Tan Dun was selected among 30 places (1978)

Experience:

* Tan Dun was invited by Japan's NHK to create a "millennium multimedia modern opera" "The Door", which premiered in Taipei on 28/12/2000 (2000 )

* "The Gate" tells the story of three historical legends of women who died in love: (1) Chinese Concubine, (2) Western Juliet (3) Japanese courtesan Koharu was reborn, and he made a breakthrough in Chinese and Western music Boundary, mixing Chinese and Western music with a very special taste (2000)

* Written for the Chinese Orchestra's Erhu Concerto "Fire Rite" (1999)

* Later, " Postmodern collage series such as "The Peony Pavilion" and "2000 Today - Millennium World Symphony"

* Tan Dun combined his work "Heaven, Earth and Man" with the theme of celebrating the return of Hong Kong and named it "Symphony 1997" (1997)

* Composed "Symphony 1997" (1997) for the return of Hong Kong

* Began composing the stage work "Marco Bo" 》(Marco Polo)(1996)

* Started writing the "Yi" series (1995)

* Started writing the "Orchestral Theater" series I-IV (1990-1999) )

* After the release of "Nine Songs" played with homemade instruments, Tan Dun finally gained an important position in the American art music scene (1989)

* While studying in the United States He once wrote "Eight Colors for String Quartet" (1986-88)

* Tan Dun, who holds a doctorate from Columbia University, went to New York to develop (1986)

* Tan Dun wrote "Yellow Earth Suite" for the folk orchestra, which was later revised and renamed "Northwest Suite" (1986)

* Published the orchestral work "Jidao" (1985)

*Hold "Tan Dun's Chinese Instrumental Music Composition"

"Pin Special Concert" released many pieces such as "Sky Shadow" and "Double Que", which caused a lot of criticism, but also shocked the folk music world (April 1985)

* "Ode to Fengya" fusion Introducing Bartok's polyphonic harmony, Wei Ben's series of techniques, and Tan Dun's consciousness from the countryside (1982)

* Published his first symphony work "Li Sao" (1979)

* He studied composition with Zhao Xingdao and Li Yinghai, but with the help of visiting contemporary composition masters such as Georgr Crumb, Toru Takemitsu, Isang Yun, Hans Werner Henze and Zhou Wenzhong Visiting Professor, he opened up his international horizons