tan dun / 谭盾 and toronto symphony orchestra (tso)

yeah, i got the tickets booked online last week. this is the second concert of the new creations festival by tso, which is called eastern portraits.



here are the concert details from tso's website:

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Peter Oundjian, conductor/host
Tan Dun, conductor
Wu Man, pipa
Tokyo String Quartet

Tan Dun: Secret Land for Twelve Cellos
Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto (Canadian Première)
Alexina Louie: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (TSO/CBC Co-Commission/World Première)
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you can see that massed cellos and pipa will be the featured. pipa / 琵琶 is a traditional chinese plucked string instrument, which has been played for nearly two thousand years in china

peter is the music director of tso and once was the first violin in tokyo string quartet.

educated at both the central conservatory of music in beijing and columbia university in new york city, tan dun / 谭盾 is a world-widely recognized chinese contemporary composer, although i do think his oscar-winning music in the movie crouching tiger, hidden dragon / 卧虎藏龙 shows very traceable imprint of that famous xinjiang folk song awariguli / 阿瓦尔古丽, and crouching tiger, hidden dragon itself is simply a piece of garbage. yes, i'm sorry, but the movie is the worst work of ang lee / 李安!

look forward to the concert...



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