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Tan Dun (1957-    )

String Quartet: Feng Ya Song (1982)                                                                                             Tan Dun  Links
Self Portrait – from "Death and Fire" (1983, rev.1992)
On Taoism (1985)
In Distance, for piccolo, harp, and bass drum (1987)
Out of Peking Opera (Violin Concerto No. 1) (1987, rev. 1994)
Eight Colors for String Quartet (1986-88)
Nine Songs, for 3 Chinese instrumentalists, 20 singers, 9 musicians, 3 perc, 2 cbn (1989)
Silk Road, for soprano and percussion (1989)
Orchestral Theatre I: Origin (1990, rev. 2002)
Soundshape, for ceramics, voice and movement (1990)
Elegy: Snow in June, for solo cello and four percussionists (1991)
Death and Fire: Dialogue with Paul Klee (1992)
Circle with Four Trios, Conductor, and Audience (1992)
Orchestral Theatre II: Re (1992)
Lament: Autumn Wind, for any six instruments and any voice (1993)
Yi1: The Intercourse of Fire and Water (1993)
Paper Music - The Pink, acoustic music for paper (an erotic ritual in sound and movement) (1993)
Ghost Opera, for string quartet and pipa, with stone, water, paper, and metal (1994)
Fire Ritual for Huqin and Chinese Orchestra (1995)
Concerto for Pizzicato Piano and Ten Instruments (1995)
Marco Polo, opera (1995)
A Sinking Love, for soprano and viol consort or string quartet (1995)
Orchestral Theatre III: Red Forecast (1996)
Yi2: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (1996)
Concerto for Six, for bass cl, elec gtr, prepared piano, percussion, cello and double bass (1997)
Heaven Earth Mankind (Symphony 1997) (1997)
Overture: Dragon and Phoenix – from Heaven Earth Mankind (Symphony 1997)
Song of Peace – from Heaven Earth Mankind (Symphony 1997)
Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra (1998)
Peony Pavilion, opera (1998)
Orchestral Theatre IV: The Gate (1999)
2000 Today: A World Symphony for the Millennium (1999)
Concerto for Pipa and String Orchestra (1999)
Music for Pipa and String Quartet (1999)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, film score (2000)
Crouching Tiger Concerto, cello, chamber orchestra and video (2000)
Water Passion after St. Matthew (2000)
Tea: A Mirror of Soul, opera (2002)
Yi0: Concerto for Orchestra (2002)
Seven Desires for Guitar – From Yi2 (2002)
Hero, film score (2002)
The Map: Concerto for Cello, Video and Orchestra (2002)
Eight Memories in Watercolor, piano (2003)
Paper Concerto for Paper Percussion and Orchestra (2003)
Secret Land: for Orchestra and 12 Violoncelli (2004)
The First Emperor, opera (2006)


Tan Dun Links
Composer's website
Tan Dun's Music for the Beijing Olympics

Tan Dun @ Wikipedia
Tan Dun @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Tan Dun @ The New York Times
Tan Dun @ G. Schirmer
Tan Dun @ Sony Classical

Streaming Audio
Tan Dun @ Art of the States
Tan Dun @ last.fm
Tan Dun @ NPRmusic - "Tan Dun's Cultural Evolution"  or  "First Emperor"
Tan Dun @ Rhapsody

Tan Dun @ YouTube