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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 354,959 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Tan Dun is the 952nd most popular composer (down from 894th in 2019), the 749th most popular biography from China (down from 676th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Composer.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Tan Dun ranks 952 out of 1,216Before him are Simeon ten Holt, Percy Faith, Carlo Rustichelli, Akira Ifukube, Marvin Hamlisch, and Wilhelm Kienzl. After him are Édouard Deldevez, Marcos Portugal, Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., Karen Khachaturian, Walter Braunfels, and Maximilian Steinberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tan Dun ranks 144Before him are Laura Innes, Bruce Rauner, Tsai Ming-liang, Duško Ivanović, Kenji Kawai, and Mikhail Pletnev. After him are Tignous, Martin Donovan, Kumar Sanu, Nikos Galis, José Mário Vaz, and Ruy Ramos.

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In China

Among people born in China, Tan Dun ranks 749 out of 1,392Before him are Lydia Shum (1945), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Nie Rongzhen (1899), Tang Jingsong (1841), Fan Bingbing (1981), and Zhou Zuoren (1885). After him are Fang Lizhi (1936), Sanmao (1943), Han Zheng (1954), Qian Qichen (1928), Wang Jianlin (1954), and Harry Wu (1937).

Among COMPOSERS In China

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