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Something wrong?Tan Dun is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. A leading figure of contemporary classical music, he draws from a variety of Western and Chinese influences, a pairing which has shaped much of his life and music.
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Tan Dun is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. A leading figure of contemporary classical music, he draws from a variety of Western and Chinese influences, a pairing which has shaped much of his life and music. Having collaborated with leading orchestras around the world, Tan is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Grawemeyer Award for his opera Marco Polo (1996) and both an Academy Award and Grammy Award for his film score in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). His oeuvre as a whole includes operas, orchestral, vocal, chamber, solo and film scores, as well as genres that Tan terms "organic music" and "music ritual."
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Paul GrovesAlso in The First Emperor (2007)
Justin HurwitzBoth received Academy Award for Best Original Score
Hans Werner HenzeBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Elliot GoldenthalBoth received Academy Award for Best Original Score
Ernst KrenekBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Sofia GubaidulinaBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.