Tan Dun - 8 Memories in Water Color (Paperback)

Tan Dun

ISBN 10: 0634073796 / ISBN 13: 9780634073793

Published by Hal Leonard Corporation, Milwaukee, 2004

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Paperback. (Piano). This eight-movement suite was written by composer Tan Dun when he was a student in 1978-1979, about the time he left his home in Hunan to study at the conservatory in Beijing. He was homesick, and wrote this suite as a diary of his longing, while also being immersed in studying Western classical and modern music. Twenty years after its composition, pianist Lang Lang premiered the suite at the Kennedy Center in 2003, and he also played it at Carnegie Hall, in a performance recorded by Deutsche Grammophon. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tan Dun - 8 Memories in Water Color (Paperback)
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, Milwaukee
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0634073796
• ISBN 13: 9780634073793
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

(Piano). This eight-movement suite was written by composer Tan Dun when he was a student in 1978-1979, about the time he left his home in Hunan to study at the conservatory in Beijing. He was homesick, and wrote this suite as a diary of his longing, while also being immersed in studying Western classical and modern music. Twenty years after its composition, pianist Lang Lang premiered the suite at the Kennedy Center in 2003, and he also played it at Carnegie Hall, in a performance recorded by Deutsche Grammophon.