Tan Dun

Tan Dun is a contemporary Chinese American composer known for his award-winning film score to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. His style blends the characteristics of Chinese folksong, atonal modernism, ritual, and sounds that occur in nature. He was born in Changsha, China in 1957, and he lived in the countryside with his grandmother until he was seven years old. During the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, Tan was required to work as a rice farmer, but he also played traditional string instruments and transcribed folk music that he heard. Later, he was appointed to work ...