Tan Dun's music week in Stockholm from November 8-17 has been a fantastic success, says the host Stefan Forsberg, who is also director of the Stockholm Concert Hall.
Forsberg said that during the annual Stockholm International Composers' Festival, they usually choose one of the famous composers and play the composer's music for the whole week. And this year, they want to choose a person from Asia or China. So the focal person this year is the Chinese composer Tan Dun, the Oscar best film music winner for "Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee.
"It is one of the biggest successes we have had. It's a fantastic success. Every day the tickets were sold out and the audience, both old and young, came to Tan Dun's concert and often stood there for a long time after the performance to show their great enthusiasm about Tan's music. I can say this week in Stockholm we have a Tan Dun's fever or craze," Said Forsberg.
To prepare for the concert, Forsberg visited China several times and went to New York too during a period of more than 2 years. In order to play Tan Dun's music 'Out of Peking Opera', Forsberg bought special materials in Beijing and asked people to make special Peking Opera's costumes.
During the week, a total of 15 different pieces of Tan Dun's music was performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Stockholm New Chamber Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, String Quartet and some other freelance musicians.
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