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TAN DUN: a new concept of a

CONDUCTOR

the conducting repetoire for

2014-2016 SEASONS

The world renowned artist Tan Dun follows in the footsteps of his musical icons conductor/ composer’s Mahler and Ber-nstein, in that his composing guides his conducting and his conducting simultaneously shapes his composing. He has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. A winner of today’s most prestigious honors including the Grammy Award, Oscar/Academy Award, Grawemeyer Award for classical music, Bach Prize of the City of Hamburg and Moscow’s Shostakovich Award, Tan Dun’s music has been played throughout the world by leading orchestras, opera hous-es, international festivals, and on the radio and television. As a global cultural leader, Tan Dun uses his creativity to raise awareness of environmental issues and to protect cultural diversity. In 2010, Tan Dun served as “Cultural Ambassador to the World” for World EXPO Shanghai and most recently, UNESCO appointed Tan Dun as its global Goodwill Ambassador.

CONTACT:

David V. Foster, Opus 3 ArtistsE: dfoster@opus3artists.com, T: +1-212-584-7520

Mahler Chamber Orchestra (china tour)Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2 seasons)

La Scala PhilharmonicMetropolitan Opera Orchestra (2 seasons)

Munich Philharmonic (4 seasons)Santa Cecilia Orchestra (3 seasons)

The Philadelphia Orchestra (2 seasons)BBC Symphony Orchestra (4 seasons)

Boston Symphony Orchestra (3 seasons)

NHK Symphony Orchestra of Japan (4 seasons)Orchestre National de France (2 seasons)Royal Stockholm Philharmonic (3 seasons)Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (8 seasons)China National Symphony Orchestra (2 seasons)China Philharmonic Orchestra (4 seasons)London Symphony Orchestraand more than 30 orchestras worldwide.

AS A CONDUCTOR, TAN DUN HAS LED THE WORLD’S MOST ESTEEMED ORCHESTRAS, INCLUDING:

TAN DUN, CONDUCTOR

“My icons are Mahler and Bernstein. I believe conducting is part of my spiritual life. I learned my conducting through composing and learned composing through my conducting. That is why music to me is such a dramatic journey and col-orful dream in action and mind.”

TAN DUN

1. de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance

2. Tan Dun: Piano Concerto (The Fire)

3. Musorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

1. Prokofiev: The Love of Three Oranges

2. Tan Dun: Violin Concerto (The Love)

3. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (selections)

Orchestral Repetoire

FIRE1

LOVE2

1. Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis

2. Tan Dun: Cello Concerto

Intercourse of Water and Fire

3. Ravel: Ma mere l’oye (Mother Goose)

INTERCOURSE OF WATER AND FIRE3

THE SECRET SONGS41. Debussy: Rhapsody for Saxophone

2. Stravinsky: Firebird (1919)

3. Tan Dun: Nu Shu: The Secret Songs

and Orchestra

of Women, (Symphony for harp, 13

films and orchestra)

1. Takemitsu: A String Around Autumn

2. Tan Dun: Out of Peking Opera

3. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante

1. Bartok: Dance Suite

2. Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto

3. Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis

4. Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin

FROM MAO TO MOZART5

TAN DUN, THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN6

(viola and orchestra)

(violin and orchestra)

(viola/violin and orchestra)

1. Tan Dun: Percussion Concerto

2. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

1. Tan Dun: Earth Concerto

2. Mahler: Das Lieder von Erde

NATURE7

EARTH8

The Tears of Nature

(for ceramic/stone instruments and

orchestra) Salute to Gustav Mahler

1. Berstein: Candide Overture

2. Tan Dun: Bass Concerto

3. Ives: The Unanswered Question

4. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

NEW YORK91. Ravel: Rhasopdie Espagnole

2. Tan Dun: Guitar Concerto

3. Bach: Concerto in A minor

4. Ravel: Bolero

SPAIN10(Spanish Rhapsody)

(for guitar and strings)

1. Smetana: The Moldau: Vtava

2. Tan Dun: Water Concerto

3. Takemitsu: Towards the Sea

4. Britten: Four Sea Interludes

WATER SPIRIT11

(for water percussion and orchestra)

Lang Lang and Tan Dun

“Enchanting conductor, Tan Dun kneads the sound with tendril, fluent and delicate gestures. With nat-ural self-reliance he accentuates the colors of the sounds, which is not only an advantage to his own music, but to the works of the other composers performed as well.” Het Parool, Amsterdam

1. Tan Dun: The Gate (for Peking opera singer,

2. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (selections)

THE GATE OF RESURRECTION12soprano and puppeteer with orchestra)

1. Hindemith: Scherzo - from Symphonic

2. Tan Dun: Four Secret Roads of Marco Polo

3. Busoni: Turandot Suite

MARCO POLO AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY13Metamorphosis

(for 10 celli and orchestra)

1. Takemitsu: Three Film Scores

2. Tan Dun: Triple Concerto (for violin, cello,

3. Musorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

1. Tan Dun: Internet Symphony “Eroica”

2. Stravinsky: Violin Concerto

3. Beethoven: Symphony No.3 “Eroica”

SOUND AND PICTURE IN MOTION14

HEROS BEHIND THE INTERNET15

piano and orchestra), music from

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,

Hero and The Banquet

Placido Domingo and Tan Dun

1.Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

2. Tan Dun: Atonal Rock n’ Roll

3. Bartok: Dance Suite

4.Ravel: Bolero

1. Tan Dun: Internet Symphonic “Erocia”

2. Stravinsky: Violin Concerto

3. Tan Dun: Symphony Poem on 3 Notes

4. Stravinsky: Fire Bird (1919)

SYMPHONY OF ATONAL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL16

INDUSTRY AND NATURE17

WATER AND FIRE18

INTERCOURSE OF WATER AND FIRE19

1. de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance

2. Tan Dun: Water Concerto (for water

3. Tan Dun: Paper Concerto (for paper

4. Britten: Four Sea Interludes

percussion and orchestra)

percussion and orchestra)

1. Debussy: Rhapsody for Saxophone

2. Tan Dun: Intercourse of Water and Fire

3. Debussy: Rhapsody for Clarinet

4. Tan Dun: Death and Fire

and Orchestra

and Orchestra

(for cello and orchestra)

“Mr. Tan is a dynamic conductor with colorful illustrations for the eye and ear.”

The New York Times

“Tan, who conducted this London Premiere, has opened up new worlds of experience in contem-porary music, bringing a breath of fresh air to a Western tradition that can be too inward looking.”

The Daily Telegraph, London

1. Hindemith: Scherzo - from Symphonic

2. Takemitsu: A String Around Autumn

3. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Metamorphosis

(for viola and orchestra)

201. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

2. Mendelsohn: Violin Concerto OR Tchaikovsky:

3. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 OR Shostakovich:

Violin Concerto OR Rachmaninoff: Rhap-

sody on a Theme of Paganini (for piano

and orchestra) OR Tchaikovsky: Piano

Concerto no.1

Symphony No.5 OR Prokofiev No.5

221. Stravinsky: Symphony for the Wind

2. Debussy: Rhapsody for Saxphone

3. Debussy: Rhapsody for Clarinet

4. Stravinsky: Firebird (1919)

(in memory of Debussy)21and orchestra

and Orchestra

Yo Yo Ma and Tan Dun

Chamber Orchestra Repetoire

1. Takemitsu: Towards the Sea

2. Arvo Part: Tabula rasa (for two violins, prepared

3. Gorecki: Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings

4. Tan Dun: Symphony for Strings

piano and strings)

1. Takemitsu: Three Film Scores (for string orchestra)

2. Tan Dun: Concerto for Pipa/Zheng and String Orchestra

3. Ives: The Unanswered Question

4. Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

(for cello/erhu, percussion and chamber orchestra)

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Esquire

China, 2010

Berliner Philharmoniker

Germany, 2004

Estra

Italy, 2008

Classic Voice

Italy, 2008

Mostly Classic

Japan, 2002

YouTube Symphony Orchestra

New York, 2009

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