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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
composer
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conductor ⓘ film score composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media ⓘ Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1957-08-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Changsha
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China ⓘ Hunan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Hunan
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| composed |
The First Emperor (opera)
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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
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music composition
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orchestral conducting ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
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film score ⓘ opera ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Peking opera
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Western classical music ⓘ traditional Chinese folk music ⓘ |
| knownFor |
blending traditional Chinese music with Western classical music
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use of unconventional instruments such as water and paper ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Standard Chinese ⓘ
surface form:
Mandarin Chinese
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| movement | contemporary classical ⓘ |
| name | Tan Dun self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Tan Dun
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
谭盾
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| notableWork |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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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
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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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subject surface form:
Yo-Yo Ma
this entity surface form:
谭盾