Tan Dun

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Tan Dun is a Chinese contemporary composer and conductor renowned for blending traditional Chinese music with Western classical forms, including his Oscar-winning score for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

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instanceOf composer
conductor
film score composer
human
activeYearsStart 1980s
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
birthDate 1957-08-18
birthPlace Changsha
China
Hunan Province
surface form: "Hunan"
composed The First Emperor (opera)
surface form: "The First Emperor (Metropolitan Opera commission)"

score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
score for Hero (2002 film)
score for The Banquet (2006 film)
countryOfCitizenship China
educatedAt Central Conservatory of Music
Columbia University
fieldOfWork music composition
orchestral conducting
genre contemporary classical music
film score
opera
orchestral music
influencedBy Peking opera
Western classical music
traditional Chinese folk music
knownFor blending traditional Chinese music with Western classical music
use of unconventional instruments such as water and paper
language English
Standard Chinese
surface form: "Mandarin Chinese"
movement contemporary classical
name Tan Dun
nationality Chinese
nativeName Tan Dun
surface form: "谭盾"
notableWork Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
surface form: "Crouching Tiger Concerto"

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (film score)
Internet Symphony No. 1 "Eroica"
Paper Concerto
The First Emperor (opera)
Water Concerto
occupation composer
conductor
music educator
positionHeld Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music (China campus)
sexOrGender male
website http://www.tandun.com/

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Tan Dun name Tan Dun
Tan Dun nativeName Tan Dun
this entity surface form: "谭盾"
Yo-Yo notableCollaboration Tan Dun
subject surface form: "Yo-Yo Ma"

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