Composer/Conductor

TAN DUN

HUANG Mengla, violin

MO Mo, cello

Zhang Shengliang, piano

Changsha Symphony Orchestra

This was an epic, multimedia production, full of big-screen emotions and unabashed melodrama. - The Washington Post

His language [is]…a mix of Hollywood grandeur and primal, percussive vitality. - New York Times

The Grit and Grace of Tan Dun… wins Album of the Week - WQXR – New York Public Radio

World-renowned composer/conductor Tan Dun has had the honor of composing film music for three films by critically acclaimed directors: Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Zhang Yimou (Hero), and Feng Xiaogang (The Banquet). Combining the ancient tradition of Chinese martial arts philosophy and visual arts, the films were all received with high praise worldwide.

In the spirit world resonates the sound of the future— the water exacts its judgment on the violin, the cello, and the piano, asking them: “How did you three lose your loves, your lives? Why do you seek to be resurrected on earth? Why do you seek to live and love again?” The violin, the cello, and the piano tell their stories through the three concertos, answering, in succession, the judgment of water….

The violin moves through the plot of the film “Hero”, telling the story of how it lost its own love and life when its plan to assassinate the king is foiled….The cello moves through the plot of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, telling the story of how it sacrificed its own love and life in the name of its wuxia (martial arts) dream….The piano moves through the plot of “The Banquet” and tells the story of how it lost its love and life in the name of revenge… In the future, the water hears the violin, cello, and piano tell their tales of love and loss. It decides to grant them resurrection, bestowing upon them the sound of the future so that they may bring it back with them to mortal earth, where they will now live and love again. The three of them unite in the end, and sing out finally together in the “Triple Resurrection”.

Composer/Conductor TAN DUN

HUANG Mengla, violin

MO Mo, cello

Zhang Shengliang, piano

Changsha Symphony Orchestra