Tan Dun begeistert mit neuem Chorkonzert in Amsterdam

By Michael Klier, 02 September 2024

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“eine optimistisch stimmende Klangrauschorgie”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 31 August 2024

Dun, Choral Concerto “Nine”

Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125

German Youth Orchestra

World Youth Choir

Tan Dun, Conductor

Iris Hendrickx, Soprano

Jo-Pei Weng, Mezzo-soprano

Xavier Moreno, Tenor

Johannes D. Schendel, Bass

Bruckner's Ninth gets a stunning Finale with Simon Rattle and the German Youth Orchestra

Ken Ward, 23rd October

When Bruckner died in 1896 he had done much work on his Ninth Symphony and the finale was almost complete. Unfortunately the executors failed to secure Bruckner's rooms, nor did they ensure that the finale manuscripts were delivered to the Imperial Library. So many pages are missing, and those that do exist are in many locations world-wide.

Tan Dun's Buddha Passion fails to provide enlightenment

Christopher Woodley, 22nd January

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

**111

Tan Dun conducts the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 26th January

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

****1

Music as “garden” and “theatre”

Ju Hyuk Kim, 26th August

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

*****

Dutch National Opera toasts its 50th birthday

Jenny Camilleri, 6th November

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.

***11

The Met in HD, The First Emperor, 2007

Rebecca Lentjes, 13th January

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.

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Michael Klier

Michael Klier macht schon seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert Musik. Als gebürtiger Berliner kam er 1993 nach Amsterdam. Er war Mitglied unterschiedlichster internationaler Ensembles und Orchester. Heute betreibt er eine florierende Unterrichts- und Coachingpraxis. Als Teamcoach bietet er dort Schulungen an, in denen die Kursteilnehmer miteinander komponieren, um so ihre ungenutzten kreativen Potentiale zu entdecken und besser miteinander zu kommunizieren. Denn: Musiker sind die Architekten des Himmels.