COMPOSER

Tan Dun

1957 - Today

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Tan Dun (Chinese: 谭盾; pinyin: Tán Dùn, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʰǎn tu̯ə̂n]; born 18 August 1957) 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 dichotomy 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tan Dun has received more than 389,535 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Tan Dun is the 899th most popular composer (up from 951st in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from China (down from 746th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Tan Dun ranks 899 out of 1,451. Before him are Michele Carafa, Tigran Mansurian, Klaus Huber, Paul Dessau, Hermann Goetz, and Václav Tomášek. After him are Giaches de Wert, Anton Stamitz, Hans von Koessler, Antonio Bertali, Cathy Berberian, and Alberto Franchetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tan Dun ranks 149. Before him are Robert Sapolsky, Isa Gambar, Tignous, Peter North, Seve Ballesteros, and Éder Aleixo de Assis. After him are Afrika Bambaataa, Andreï Makine, Šefik Džaferović, Tsai Ming-liang, John T. Dunlap, and Kevin Rudd.

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In China

Among people born in China, Tan Dun ranks 776 out of 1,610. Before him are Dai Zhen (1724), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Lang Lang (1982), Huang Zongxi (1610), Chu Suiliang (597), and Zhang Xuan (713). After him are Wu Ma (1942), Wang Xianzhi (344), Bing Xin (1900), Zhang Zongchang (1881), Lydia Shum (1945), and Sun Chuanfang (1885).

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Among COMPOSERS In China

Among composers born in China, Tan Dun ranks 3. Before him are Boris Blacher (1903), and Nie Er (1912). After him are Qigang Chen (1951).

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