About

Lan Tung

Instruments: Vocals, Composition/Songwriting, Arranging, erhu (Chinese violin) details
Crossing between Vancouver’s new music, improvised music and world music scenes, Lan Tung is the artistic director of Orchid Ensemble, Sound of Dragon Society, and Proliferasian. Lan has appeared as a soloist with Orchestre Metropolitain (Montreal) and Symphony Nova Scotia, and as a soloist/composer with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Turning Point Ensemble, Upstream Ensemble (Halifax), Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (Vancouver & Toronto), Atlas Ensemble (Amsterdam & Helsinki), and Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (Taipei). Lan Tung’s music often experiments with contradictions by taking culturally specific materials outside their context. Her works embody the rhythmic intricacy from Indian influence, the sense of breath/space from Chinese tradition, and many years of experiences in interpreting contemporary Canadian compositions. Incorporating improvisation and graphic notations, Lan’s compositions and performances are released on numerous CDs, winning an International Independent Music Awards and multiple nominations by JUNO, Canadian Independent Music Awards, Canadian Folk Music Awards, and Western Canadian Music Awards. Originally from Taiwan, Lan has studied g... more...
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Current Projects

Sound of Dragon Ensemble
erhu (Artistic Director) & vocal
2015 - present
Sound of Dragon Music Festival
Artistic Director
2014 - present
Proliferasian
erhu (Artistic Director) & vocal
2012 - present
Lalun
erhu & vocal
2011 - present
Samworth/Tung/Dhillon
Erhu (Chinese fiddle) & vocal

Past Projects

Orchid Ensemble
erhu (Artistic Director) & vocal
1997 - The End