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Tan Dun: Building on Bela Bartok's Legacy

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis
Published March 23, 2015 at 10:39 AM EDT
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Chinese contemporary classical composer and conductor, Tan Dun
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Hungarian composer and pianist Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Hungarian pianist and composer Bela Bartok was born on March 25th in the year 1881. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, he is revered by a prominent contemporary composer who is building on Bartok’s legacy.

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Listen to Award winning composer Tan Dun talk with Susan Lewis about the influence of Bela Bartok on his work.

Tan Dun's Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women was premiered in the U.S. by The Philadelphia Orchestra this season, and broadcast on WRTI in December, 2013.

http://youtu.be/g-1t-lnJ3Yg
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Susan Lewis
Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.
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