UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the global music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions. He has received many of today’s most prestigious honours including the Grammy Award, Academy Award, Bach Prize, Grawemeyer Award, Shostakovich Award, Italy’s Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Istanbul Music Festival’s Lifetime achievement award. Tan Dun’s music has been played worldwide by leading orchestras, opera houses, international festivals, and on radio and television. In 2019, Tan Dun was named Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music where he demonstrates music’s extraordinary ability to transform lives and guide the Conservatory in fulfilling its mission of understanding music’s connection to history, art, culture, and society.

As a conductor of innovative programmes, Tan Dun’s upcoming season includes appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and Budesjugendorchester Deutschland. Tan Dun is an Artistic Ambassador of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and serves as the Honorary Artistic director of the China National Symphony, Principal Guest conductor at Shenzhen Symphony, and Honorary Artistic Director and Chief Guest conductor of Xi´an Symphony Orchestra. Tan Dun has also led some of the world’s most esteemed orchestras including London Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, among others.