Tan Dun

Sound

Born: 1957-08-18

From: Changsha, Hunan Province, China

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Dun Tan

Biography

Tan Dun (born August 18, 1957) is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. He has composed in diverse musical media incorporating both Western and traditional Chinese influences. His film score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Awards & Nominations8 won · 2 nominated

🏆 Won

Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

2011

🏆 Won

Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg

2005

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2001

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2001

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Song

A Love Before Time

2001

🏆 Won

Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition

1998

🏆 Won

Grawemeyer Awards

1998

🏆 Won

Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

1994

🏆 Won

Ellis Island Medal of Honor

🏆 Won

Classic Brit Awards

Tan Dun

Also Known As

Biography

Awards & Nominations8 won · 2 nominated

Acting6 titles

Beethoven’s Ninth: Symphony for the World

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story

Beethoven In Beijing

The First Emperor

Voice

Writing2 titles

Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)

The First Emperor

Sound15 titles

Don't Cry, Nanking

Part One: China in Revolution 1911–1949

Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976

Hero

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Reign Behind a Curtain

At the Beach

Fallen

The Banquet

杭州第19届亚运会开幕式

Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)

The Map

The First Emperor

Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes

Lang Lang at Carnegie Hall - Concert Great moments in music

Art1 title

The Map