Tan Dun: Works for Cello List of performances Pictures

Tan Dun and Anssi Karttunen started working together in 1990 with the recording of Elegy: Snow in June for CRI in New York. Since then the two have performed together all over the world. Tan Dun wrote his Concerto Yi1 and solo cello piece Intercourse of fire and water as well as Chiacona - after Colombi for Anssi. They have also been quick to perform together his other cello pieces. Recently the two performedThe Map, Tan Dun's multimedia concerto for cello and orchestra with many of the greatest orchestras of the world. A DVD of their performance of the piece at the historical city of Fenghuang in Hunan is published by Deutsche Grammophon. The latest performances of The Map include the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Munich Philharmonic, La Scala in Milan and Alte Oper in Frankfurt. Toronto Symphony and BBC Symphony. In 2012, Tan Dun and Anssi will perform Yi1 with the Orchestre National de France and The Map at the Amsterdam Cello Festival. Performing The Map in Shanghai 29.8.2003 The works of Tan Dun for Cello: Elegy: Snow in June, cello and four percussions1991 Yi1: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, 1995 Intercourse of fire and water, solo cello, 1996 Symphony 1997, cello, choir and orchestra, 1997 Crouching tiger Concerto, 2000 The Map, Concerto for Cello, video and Orchestra, 2003 Four secret roads of Marco Polo, 12 cellos and orchestra 2004 Secret Land, cello orchestra 2006 Chiacona - after Colombi, solo cello, 2010 Anssi Karttunen performing works of Tan Dun: Elegy, Snow in June: CRI Recording 1991, Talujon Ensemble Concert RCA Studios 1991, Talujon Ensemble Helsinki Biennale 1993, Kroumata Ensemble Cable Factory, 1996, Helsinki, Breath Ensemble Suvisoitto Festival 1996, Finland, Breath Ensemble Viitasaari Festival 1996 Finland, Breath Ensemble Centre Acanthes, Avignon, France, 2000 Yi1: Finnish Radio Orchestra, Saraste, Helsinki Biennale 1995 Studio recording, Finnish Radio Orchestra, Saraste, 1995 Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra, Tan Dun, Amsterdam 1997 BBC Scottish Orchestra, Tan Dun, Glasgow 1997Orchestre National de France, Paris 2012 Intercourse of fire and water: Studio recording, Finnish Radio, 1997 Festival de musica contemporanea, Leon, Mexico 1997 Festival Musica, Strasbourg, 2000 A Tempo festival, Caracas, Venezuela 2001 Crouching tiger Concerto: Shanghai Symphony, Tan Dun, Macau Festival 2001 Shanghai Symphony, Tan Dun, Shanghai Grand Theatre 2001 Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Tan Dun, Paris 2002 Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Paris 2004 Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong 2010 The Map: Shanghai Symphony, Tan Dun, Shanghai Grand Theatre 2003 Shanghai Symphony, Tan Dun, Fenghuang, Hunan 2003 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Tan Dun, 27-28.10. 2004 Beijing, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Tan Dun, 30.10.2004 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Orchestra, Tan Dun, 11-16.11.2004 Suntory Hall, Tokyo, NHK-Orchestra, Tan Dun, 22-23.6.2005 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Flanders Philharmonique, Tan Dun, 10.10.2005 Hamburg Philharmonic, Tan Dun, 12-13.2.2006 Munich Philharmonic, Tan Dun, 12-13.7.2006 Tampere Philharmonic, Finland, John Storgards 8.9.2007 Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm, Lu Jiu 10.10.2007 Filharmonica della Scala, Milan, Tan Dun 8.1.2008 Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Hessischer Rundfunk Sinfonieorkester, Tan Dun, 11-12.12.2008 Toronto, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Tan Dun, 5.3.2009 London, BBC Symphony, Tan Dun, 21.3.2009 Helsinki, Helsinki Philharmonic, John Storgards, 24-25.3.2011 Pamplona, Orquesta Sinfonica Navarra, Ernest Martínez-Izquierdo, 2011 Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cello Biennale, Tan Dun, 27.10.2012 Open-air concert of The Map in Fenghuang, Hunan, 2003   Open-air concert of The Map in Fenghuang, Hunan, 2003 Rehearsing The Map at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam