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Where does Tan Dun live now?
One year later, he was selected for the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he spent eight years. In the mid 1980s, Tan Dun took up a fellowship at Columbia University, where he completed the doctoral program in music composition. Since then, he has lived in New York.
How old is Tan Dun?
64 years (August 18, 1957)
Tan Dun/Age
What instrument does Tan Dun play?
erhu
Dun himself played the erhu, a one-stringed traditional Chinese fiddle. However, things began to turn when a couple of years later a riverboat carrying a travelling Peking opera troupe capsized. This resulted in the death of many of its musicians. Dun was therefore recruited as a violist and an arranger.
When and where was Tan Dun born?
August 18, 1957 (age 64 years), Changsha, China
Tan Dun/Born
Where is Tan Dun from?
Changsha, China
Tan Dun/Place of birth
Where did Tan Dun grow up?
China
Tan Dun’s Cultural Evolution Composer Tan Dun grew up in Mao’s China. As a boy, he saw his parents sent away for so-called “re-education.” He describes his musical coming of age under China’s Cultural Revolution.
Where was Tan Dun born?
Which is an opera by Tan Dun?
The First Emperor
Marco PoloTea: A Mirror of SoulThe Peony Pavilion
Tan Dun/Operas
Who is Tan Dun and what did he do?
Tan Dun is one of the most significant contemporary composers on the international scene to have come from China. Tan Dun is a leading Chinese-born composer and one of the most prominent in the genre of “world classical” music.
Where did Tan Dun grow up in China?
Academy-award winning composer Tan Dun (born 1957) grew up in Communist China during the peak years of Premier Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution.
Who is the famous Chinese composer Tan Dun?
Tan Dun. Chinese composer Tan Dun’s ethnically diverse and innovative compositions have been performed in the major concert halls of the world and have earned prestigious awards.
What did the composer of Tan Dun reuse?
The emperor’s plan to reshape the minds of the Chinese people through a newly created anthem which will stir the entire nation is thwarted by its composer who reuses a work song from his rebellious home province.