Get to Know Composer Tan Dun

A montage of the work of Oscar and Grammy-winning composer Tan Dun, winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Classical Composition and Musical America’s Composer of the Year. Footage (in order of appearance) from Tan Dun’s “THE MAP: A Multimedia Event in Rural China,“ produced by Parnassus Productions and available for sale on DVD; the Beijing Olympics’ 2008 orchestral rehearsal; and the YouTube Symphony Project, with special thanks to all participants. Final footage of TEA: A MIRROR OF SOUL provided court