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A Tan Dun trombone concerto and a Joel Thompson world premiere combine varied influences in novel combinations, along with a lackluster Mendelssohn symphony.

Tan Dun conducts the LPO in the UK premiere of his Buddha Passion, hyped as “without precedent in the Western concert hall”. 

Austrian percussionist Martin Grubinger delivers a memorable performance at Berlin's Staatsoper with a programme featuring Peter Eötvös and Tan Dun, under the baton of Gustavo Gimeno.

Disappointing new creations in NYCB's Fall Fashion Gala, leaving Balanchine's Symphony in C as a surefire closer. 

As a blend of music, song, and dance with a Cirque du Soleil joie de vivre, Buddha Passion was an unforgettable theatrical experience.

Chinese composer/conductor Tan Dun presented colourful works both he and another compatriot had composed together with pieces by Stravinsky.

Tan Dun, Keiko Mitsuhashi, and the Tokyo Philharmonic deliver an homage concert to Toru Takemitsu, utilizing orchestral music as a “garden” and a “theatre."

To celebrate its 50th birthday Dutch National Opera put on a festive tribute to the people that have made it the innovative and much-admired house it is today.

The penultimate concert for the 2014 season featured new choreography for Tan's ritualistic work, as well as a brilliant performances of percussion works and Shostakovich's second Piano Trio.

A percussion concerto tribute to natural disasters and a dark snapshot of post-Stalinist Russia make for a compelling programme from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbański and soloist Martin Grubinger. 

While on Saturday night I was tucked away in an air-conditioned building, on Sunday afternoon I found myself at a quartet performance in the middle of the woods. The Maverick Concert Hall in Woodstock, New York, was the 1916 creation of Hervey White and in 1952 hosted the première of John Cage’s 4’33”.

The Kronos Quartet is well known for their ability to push the boundaries of what a string quartet can accomplish. In this year’s Auckland Arts Festival they and their regular collaborator, Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man, have brought along a programme consisting of Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera and the performance piece A Chinese Home, put together by the performers themselves.

Keeping up their tradition of mixing contemporary repertoire and new commissions with early music, Fretwork presented an eclectic mix of Purcell Fantasias and a variety of modern works written or arranged for viol consort and soprano in tonight’s concert, part of the RCM’s annual viol festival.

Read our review of Zhang Yimou's production of Tan Dun's The First Emperor in its 2007 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Sous la direction du compositeur et chef Tan Dun, la phalange chinoise a proposé un programme de concert hétéroclite, qui allait de Mozart à Stravinsky en passant par Ravel et Tan Dun lui-même.

Gemeinsam mit dem Bundesjugendorchester und dem World Youth Choir versetzt Tan Dun das Amsterdamer Concertgebouw in einen wahren Freudentaumel.

Eine spektakuläre und vielfarbige Uraufführung, die westliche Zuhörer textuell und musikalisch auf die Probe stellt.

Unter der souveränen Leitung von Tung-Chieh Chuang spielte das Orchester symphonische Werke, die zwar als zeitgenössische Erfolge etabliert sind, aber zu selten in westlichen Konzerthallen zu hören sind. 

Trotz ungeheurer Energie in manchen Werken, gab es viele Ungereimtheiten in einem gut gemeinten Programm.

Avant de partir pour une tournée en Chine, l’Orchestre national de Lyon accueille le chef d'orchestre et compositeur Tan Dun pour un concert consacré à ses œuvres et à celles de Claude Debussy.