EPISODE · Dec 16, 2025 · 17 MIN
Good Morning, Tan Dun.
from BackstageClassical · host Axel Brüggemann
Tan Dun receives Bonn’s Beethoven Friendship Award. Hearing Beethoven’s 6th Symphony in Hunan’s rice fields in 1973 changed his life, inspiring him to unite Eastern ritual and Western art. He sees Beethoven as a symbol of freedom, peace, and the universal spirit of music.
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Tan Dun receives Bonn’s Beethoven Friendship Award. Hearing Beethoven’s 6th Symphony in Hunan’s rice fields in 1973 changed his life, inspiring him to unite Eastern ritual and Western art. He sees Beethoven as a symbol of freedom, peace, and the universal spirit of music.
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