TAN DUN is to music what Yao Ming is to basketball. He is China’s towering ambassador to the world, demonstrating the prowess of the Middle Kingdom on a playing field once considered the exclusive preserve of the West. Here in America, Tan is best known as the Oscar-winning composer of the score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
On December 21st, New York’s Lincoln Center played host to the world premiere of Tan’s opera, The First Emperor. Tan’s production resulted from the rare honor of a direct commission by the Metropolitan Opera to compose an original work of art for its stage in New York. In addition, Tan became the first composer in more than six decades to conduct his own opera at the Met.
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