Tian Tian

Tian Tian has been studying music with his father since childhood. He studied composition at the Central Conservatory of Music for both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. In 2017, he graduated from the doctoral program under the guidance of the renowned composer Professor Qin Wenchen, and stayed on as a faculty member with excellent performance. Currently, He is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor in the Composition Department and Theory Research Office at the Central Conservatory of Music

His compositions cover various forms of music, including orchestral music, symphonic poems, chamber music, chamber operas, dance dramas, and traditional Chinese music. His works have a wide range of themes and are diverse. His works have been performed in many places at home and abroad, and have received strong responses from the music industry.

His work "Concerto for Orchestra" won the George Enescu International Competition for Symphonic Music in Romania in September 2016 after being strictly evaluated by a jury composed of seven top European composers, including Cornel Taranu, Adrian Iorgulescu, Dan Dediu, Zygmunt Krauze, Hubert Stuppner, Peter Ruzicka, and Tim Benjamin. This is the highest award a Chinese composer has won in this competition. The winning work was premiered by the Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra at the Athenaum Music Hall in Bucharest, Romania. He was also invited to participate in the International Young Composers Forum at the Enescu Festival in 2017. In September 2018, the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company introduced and interviewed him, and broadcasted his string orchestra work "the Edge of the River" nationwide. In addition, in May 2013, after multiple evaluations by a jury chaired by the Finnish contemporary composer Kaija Saariaho, his symphonic poem "Ring on August" stood out from 35 works worldwide and won the Beijing Modern Music Festival Symphony Music Award (and "The 4th Young Composer Project") championship.