Tan Dun
Tan Dun (simplified Chinese: 谭盾; traditional Chinese: 譚盾; pinyin: Tán Dùn, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʰǎn tu̯ə̂n]; born 1957, Changsha, Hunan) is a Chinese contemporary classical composer and conductor, most widely known for his scores for the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, as well as composing music for the medal ceremonies at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His works often incorporate audiovisual elements; use instruments constructed from organic materials, such as paper, water, and stone; and, are often inspired by traditional Chinese theatrical and ritual performance. In 2013, he was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
Biography
Tan Dun was born in a village in Changsha in the Hunan province of China. As a child, he was fascinated by the rituals and ceremonies of the village shaman, which were typically set to music made with natural objects such as rocks and water. Due to the bans enacted during the Cultural Revolution, he was discouraged from pursuing music and was sent to work as a rice planter on the Huangjin commune. He joined an ensemble of other commune residents and learned to play traditional Chinese string instruments. Following a ferry accident that resulted in the death of several members of a Peking opera troupe, Tan Dun was called upon as a violist and arranger. This initial success earned him a seat in the orchestra, and from there he went to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1977. While at the Conservatory, Tan Dun came into contact with composers such as Toru Takemitsu, George Crumb, Alexander Goehr, Hans Werner Henze, Isang Yun, and Chou Wen-Chung, all of whom influenced his sense of musical style.
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谭盾
ALBUMS
- Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto / Hayashi: Viola Concerto / Takemitsu: Nostalghia released: 2008
- 夜宴 released: 2006
- Water Passion After Saint Matthew released: 2002
- Hero released: 2002
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon released: 2000
- Bitter Love released: 1999
- Out of Peking Opera / Death and Fire / Orchestral Theatre II: Re released: 1998
- Symphony 1997:Heaven Earth Mankind released: 1997
- Ghost Opera (Kronos Quartet feat. Wu Man) released: 1997
- The Map released:
- Tan Dun: Marco Polo released:
Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto / Hayashi: Viola Concerto / Takemitsu: Nostalghia
Released 2008- Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa: Andante molto
- Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa: Allegro
- Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa: Adagio
- Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa: Allegro vivace
- Nostalghia for Solo Violin & String Orchestra
- Three Film Scores for Strings: Music of Training and Rest
- Three Film Scores for Strings: Funeral Music
- Three Film Scores for Strings: Waltz
- Concerto for Viola & Strings ‘Elegia’: I
- Concerto for Viola & Strings ‘Elegia’: II
Out of Peking Opera / Death and Fire / Orchestral Theatre II: Re
Released 1998- Out of Peking Opera, for solo violin and orchestra
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: I. Portrait
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: --Insert 1: Animals at Full Moon
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: --Insert 2: Senicio
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: --Insert 3: Ad Parnassum
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: II. Self Portrait
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: --Insert 4: Twittering Machine
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: --Insert 5: Earth Witches
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: --Insert 6: Intoxication
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: --Insert 7: J.S. Bach
- Death and Fire - Dialogue with Paul Klee: III. Death and Fire
- Orchestral Theatre II: Re, for divided orchestra, bass voice and audience with two conductors
Symphony 1997:Heaven Earth Mankind
Released 1997- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: Song of Peace (Prelude)
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: I. HEAVEN
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: I. Dragon Dance
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: I. Phoenix
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: I. Jubilation
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: I. Opera in Temple Street With Bianzhong
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: II. EARTH (Yi³)
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: II. Water
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: II. Fire
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: II. Metal
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: III. MANKIND
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: III. Lullaby
- Symphony 1997: Heaven Earth Mankind: III. Song of Peace
Tan Dun: Marco Polo
- The Book of Timespace: Winter 'I have not told one half of what I saw'
- Piazza: no
- What a Place That Was
- Venezia Vento
- Journey - Shin Tsen
- Wayward the Air This Morning
- Listen
- The Past Goes On
- The Book of Timespace: Spring 'we stood at the harbor'
- Sea: such a moment
- Slowly on Your Thighs
- The Sea a Sound a Thing an Animal
- Bazaar: S - Sksk... Every Face a Mask
- S - Sksk... Spilled From a Fountain
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by Marianne Faithfull
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by Status Quo
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by Melissa Etheridge
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by Seals & Crofts
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by Dion
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by Saint Etienne
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by Happy Rhodes
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by Bachman Turner Overdrive
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by Georgia Satellites
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by Hayseed Dixie
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by Stroke 9
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by Down
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by Daan
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by TEN
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by H-Town
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by Shontelle
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by Dawn
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by Zap Mama
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by Jim Poor
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by Udit Narayan
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by Crustation
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by Deniz Arcak
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by Shaan
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by Dana Winner
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by Taeyeon
Down Town
by: Marianne FaithfullWhen you're alone
And life is making you lonely
You can always go
Down town.
When you've got worries
All the noise and the hurry
Seems to hurt, I know.
Down town.
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city,
Linger on the sidewalks where the neon signs are pretty.
How can you lose ?
The lights are much brighter there,
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
And go down town.
Things will be great when you're
Down town.
No finer place for sure,
Down town.
Everything's waiting for you.
Don't hang around
And let your problems surround you,
There are movie shows
Down town.
Maybe you know
Some little places to go
To where they never close,
Down town.
Just listen to the rhythm of the gentle bossa-nova,
You'll be dancing with them, too, before the night is over,
Happy again.
The lights are much brighter there,
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
And go down town.
Where all the lights are bright
Down town.
Waiting for you tonight
Down town.
You're gonna be all right now.
And you may find
Somebody kind
To help and understand you,
Someone who is just like you
And needs a gentle hand
To guide him along.
So maybe I'll see you there,
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
And go down town.
Things will be great when you're
Down town.
Don't wait a minute more,
Down town.
Everything's waiting for you.
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