TAN DUN - 法国印象派与中国戏曲
谭盾-法国印象派与中国戏曲
2026/1/16
FRI
20:00
Shenzhen Concert Hall
TAN Dun, conductor/composer
ZHANG Jun, kunqu
FANG Zixiang, piano
TANG Susan, violin
LIU Wenwen, suona
Claude DEBUSSY
Prélude à “ L’après-midi d’un faune”
TAN Dun
Double Concerto for Piano and Peking Opera
Soprano “Farewell My Concubine”
-- Intermission --
TAN Dun
Rock the Violin in Rhapsody
ZHANG Meng
HUANGMEI OPERA"The Heavenly Maid and the
Mortal"(Suona and Orchestra)
Maurice RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2, M.57b
(Please check program updates at the concert.)
TAN Dun，conductor / composer
The world-renowned artist and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world's music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. He is the winner of today's most prestigious honors, including the Grammy, Oscar/Academy, Grawemeyer and Shostakovich Award; the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France; the Bach Prize; Italy's Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the 50th Istanbul Music Festival Lifetime Achievement award. Tan Dun's music has been played throughout the world by leading orchestras, opera houses, international festivals, and on radio and television. He is currently the Dean of Bard College Conservatory of Music.As a conductor of innovative programs around the world, he has led the China tours of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Japan's NHK Symphony. He led the Orchestre National de Lyon in a six-city tour; a four-city tour of Switzerland and Belgium with the Guangzhou Symphony; and conducted the RAI National Symphony, the Oslo and Hong Kong Philharmonics, and the Melbourne Symphony, where he was named Artistic Ambassador. Previous season highlights include conducting the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He also serves as the Honorary Chief Conductor of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.
Tan Dun records for Decca and has previously released albums with Sony Classical, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Opus Arte, BIS, and Naxos. In 2016, Tan Dun conducted the grand opening celebration of Disneyland Shanghai which was broadcast to a record-breaking audience worldwide. In 2020, his new work "Prayer and Blessing" was also live streamed using 5G technology and subsequently broadcast worldwide by UNESCO. In 2019, Tan Dun was invited to become the global music ambassador for the 250th anniversary celebration of Beethoven. Following the designation, in August 2024 at the Rheingau Music Festival, Tan Dun conducted the World Youth Chorus and the German National Youth Symphony Orchestra, in the world premiere of his Choral Concerto 'Nine' alongside Beethoven's 9th Symphony for the 200th anniversary of the premiere of Beethoven's 9th. Tan Dun then took the program on a nine-city tour across Europe and Australia including performances at the Concertgebouw and Elbphilharmonie Halls. Choral Concerto 'Nine' was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society in London, the BTHV2020 Festival and Deutsche Welle, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
His recordings have garnered many accolades, including a Grammy Award (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and nomination (The First Emperor; Marco Polo; Pipa Concerto), Japan's Recording Academy Award for Best Contemporary Music CD (Water Passion after St. Matthew), and the BBC's Best Orchestral Album (Death and Fire).
ZHANG Jun, kunqu
Zhang Jun, Principal of the Affiliated Drama School of Shanghai Theatre Academy, UNESCO Peace Artist, First-class actor, Outstanding Expert of the Ministry of Culture, Winner of the China Drama Performance Plum Blossom Award and Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Leading Actor Award, known as the "Prince of Kunqu Opera" in China.A professional young role player of Kunqu Opera and learned from famous Kunqu Opera performing artists Cai Zhengren, Yue Meiti, and Zhou Zhigang. A disciple of Master Yu Zhenfei. Over the past 30 years of acting, he has starred in various great dramas, such as "The Peony Pavilion", "The Palace of Eternal Life", contemporary Kunqu Opera "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", and "I, Hamlet", shaping multiple characters with vastly different styles on the stage of Kunqu Opera.
FANG Zixiang, piano
Fang Zixiang began studying piano at the age of four under the guidance of Qian Cheng, Xie Yashuangzi, and Mao Xiangyu. In 2014 he was awarded a prize at the first “Little Golden Bell” National Piano Competition organized by the Ministry of Culture. On several occasions he was sent abroad by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to perform and exchange ideas; as a pianist he has played in virtually every major concert hall in China’s principal cities, as well as in the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Munich’s City Hall, and Milan’s Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie. His performances span solo recitals, chamber music, instrumental accompaniment, vocal coaching, and musical-theatre playing.In 2022 he collaborated with the Changsha Symphony Orchestra and in 2025 with the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra, performing and conducting the Yellow River Piano Concerto to critical acclaim. He served as music director, conductor, and pianist for the musical “Rachmaninoff,” produced by Shanghai Culture Square. From 2016 to 2019 he taught in the Acting Department (Musical Theatre major) of the Shanghai Theatre Academy as a full-time undergraduate instructor.
Fang Zixiang is currently the resident conductor of the Changsha Symphony Orchestra. Since 2021 he has been assistant conductor to the renowned composer-conductor Tan Dun, travelling worldwide to perform virtually all of Tan’s major works in recent years.
Susan TANG, violin
Susan Tang was born in 2004. She began to study violin at the age of five, and performed for the first time on stage at the age of eight with the Austrian Arpeggione Kammerorchester. She has studied in The Middle School Affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music since Primary School fourth grade and is currently a Freshman and a Concert Master of Shanghai Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra.She has worked with over 20 Symphony Orchestra's around the world including: Poland Krakow Philharmonic, China National Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra and etc… In December 2014, Ten-year-old Susan played “The Butterfly Lovers” Violin Concerto with CNSO (China National Symphony Orchestra) in The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, being the youngest player of this phenomenal Violin Work. In 2018, she played the work of Mendelssohn: “Violin Concerto in E Minor” with Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in the Opening Concert of Shanghai International Art Festival. She has been invited to tour with Harbin Symphony Orchestra in Russia including Novisibirsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg (Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theater) in March 2019 as a soloist. On July 2019, at the Haus für Mozart during the “Salzburger Sommer Festspiele” Opening Ceremony she played the beautiful work of Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 with the Harbin Symphony Orchestra. In July 2020, she performed a work by Tan Dun “For The World” as soloist at Mount Hua with XSO (Xi'An Symphony Orchestra) hitting 74 million views all around the world, reaching new records in the musical industry by time. She has participated as a soloist in the shooting of CCTV's (China Central Television) Program “The Imprints of Movies” in 2021, and as a guest telling her Life Story with Music in the Reality Show “Crazy Refrigerator”.
LIU Wenwen, suona
China's first doctor of suona, associate professor in the Department of Chinese Traditional Music at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, contracted resident soloist with Guangdong Chinese Orchestra, executive council member of the Suona Professional Committee of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, and recipient of the "National Arts Fund" Young Artistic Creation Talent Project grant. She studied under Professor Liu Ying, a renowned Chinese suona performer and educator. She was recruited as a high-level talent by Shanghai Conservatory of Music and remains there as a faculty member. Liu Wenwen collaborated with renowned conductor Peng Jiapeng at the Vienna Golden Hall in January 2025; in 2024, marking the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations, she toured France with distinguished composer and conductor Tan Dun and the China National Symphony Orchestra; in 2017, she was invited to perform at the Sydney Opera House and the Melbourne Arts Center as a special guest soloist in Tan Dun's New Year's Symphony Concert, where she performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and is also the only Suona player to have soloed at the Sydney Opera House to date. In 2018, she performed with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., USA, for the Chinese New Year Symphony Concert, and was also the only soloist of the entire concert. She has collaborated with conductors such as Xia Feiyun, Tan Dun, Ye Cong, Shao En, Wang Yongji, Zhang Lie, and Lin Daye. She has performed with renowned orchestras including the China Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, among others.
SHENZHEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (SZSO)
The Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (SZSO) was founded in 1982 during a transformative period in China, characterized by reform and opening up. Over the ensuing decades, the SZSO has ascended to prominence, becoming one of China's？outstanding？symphony orchestras. The guiding philosophy of "first-class pursuit, public service, and dual focus on performance and creation" has been instrumental in its success.Under the leadership？of the music director？and principal conductor Lin Daye, the SZSO has earned widespread recognition both domestically and internationally.
1987, the orchestra has embarked on annual tours, performing across China？？and internationally in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The SZSO has graced stages in numerous countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, India, Romania, and South Africa. These performances have solidified its status as a cultural ambassador for Shenzhen.
The SZSO's？influence extends to major local and international festivals. Since 1994, it has participated in prestigious events such as the China Art Festival, the China-International Piano Concerto Competition, the World Buddhist Forum, and the Beijing Modern Music Festival. Its international acclaim is reflected in successful appearances at the Istanbul Music Festival, Italy？Mittelfest, the Ravello Wagner Music Festival, the French Dinard Music Festival, and the Romanian International Radio Music Festival, among others.
A cornerstone of the SZSO's mission is the commissioning and promotion of national symphonic works. Through symphonic music, the orchestra tells the rich and diverse stories of China. Notable commissioned works include New Era Symphonic Overtures, Ode to Heroes, My Motherland, Ode to Humanity, Harmony of the Divine Land,？and Symphonic Folksongs, Hakka Rhyme. Co-commissioned？works such as Rising Sun in the East, The Light of Mind and A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains have also received high praise from industry experts, audiences, and the media.
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