World-renowned composer of classical musical that combines traditional Chinese and Western musical elements. He was trained in Peking Opera as well as classical music in both Beijing and NY's Columbia University. His earlier works include Ghost Opera, and the Orchestral Theatre I,  Orchestral Theatre II multi-media series. He was commissioned to write Symphony 1997 to commemorate Hong Kong's 1997 return to China. He was also commissioned to write 2000 Today: A World Symphony for the Millennium, which was broadcast by 55 TV networks worldwide on the first day of the new millennium. He wrote the music for Peter Sellars' production of Peony Pavilion (available on CD as Bitter Love). Tan received the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for his opera Marco Polo in 1996.  He wrote the  score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which won both the Grammy Award and the Academy Award for best film score. His latest work is Water Passion after St. Matthew.

朗郎
Lang Lang

b. 1982, Shenyang

Violinist with both classical and popular music repertoire. A child prodigy of Chinese and Thai parents, she had toured internationally by twelve and became the youngest person to record the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Violin Concertos. Her popular music albums, which feature pop/techno/jazz fusion, include The Violin Player and Storm. Her classical recordings include The Classical Album 1, China Girl - The Classical Album 2,  The Classical Collection, Part 1, and The Original Four Seasons And The Devil's Trill Sonata.