Tan Dun

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Tan Dun (born in 1957 in Hunan) worked in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution and afterwards played in an opera company. He studied at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and later at Columbia University in New York. As a concert composer he experimented with water, paper and stones as instruments. For Wo hu cang long (2000) by Ang Lee he wrote music with the cellist Yo-Yo Ma as soloist, with Chinese percussion and the erhu. He won an Oscar for it. For Ying xiong (2002) by Zhang Yimou he chose the violinist Itzhak Perlman and the Japanese drumming group Kodo. In this way he combined Western soloists with Chinese sounds.

Listening

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  Eternal Vow · Tan Dun & Yo-Yo Ma, 2000
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  Hero: Overture · Tan Dun, Itzhak Perlman & Kodo, 2002
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  The Banquet (Theme Music) · Tan Dun, 2006

Discography

Studio albums

• 1990Nine Songs: Ritual Opera
• 1993Snow in June
• 1997Ghost Opera
• 1997Symphony 1997:Heaven Earth Mankind
• 1998Out of Peking Opera / Death and Fire / Orchestral Theatre II: Re
• 19992000 Today
• 1999Bitter Love (soundtrack)
• 2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (soundtrack)
• 2002Hero (soundtrack)
• 2006The Banquet (soundtrack)
• 2006夜宴 (soundtrack)
• 2008Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto / Hayashi: Viola Concerto / Takemitsu: Nostalghia
• 2011Bach to Tan Dun
• 2012Concerto for Orchestra / Symphonic Poem on Three Notes / Orchestral Theatre
• 2016Touches and Traces
• 2020Kromos
• 2022Eight Memories in Watercolor / C-A-G-E- (In Memory of John Cage) / Film Music Sonata / Traces / The Fire / Blue Orchid
• 2023Buddha Passion
• 2025One Piano, Two Cultures
• ?Out of Peking Opera / Death and Fire / Orchestral Theatre II: Re

Other work

• 2000Wo hu cang long
• 2002Ying xiong
• 2006Ye yan

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 6^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Chinese cinema: Hong Kong, Fifth Generation and wuxia GenreFor Wo hu cang long (2000) Tan Dun wrote a score with the cellist Yo-Yo Ma and won an Oscar.

See also

• Chinese cinema: Hong Kong, Fifth Generation and wuxia