Tag: TAN DUN

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Post a video demonstrating your musical talents on YouTube, of course. In hopes of being named to the first YouTube Symphony Orchestra, amateur and professional musicians from over 70 countries submitted more than 3,000 videos to be judged by members of professional orchestras including the Berlin, New York and Hong Kong philharmonics. After the pros narrowed ...

Over the next few months, musicians will use YouTube to compete for a chance to perform at Carnegie Hall. In conjunction with San Francisco Symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and composer Tan Dun, YouTube executives have given musicians until January 28th to submit their video applications for the opportunity to perform a newly penned Tan symphony, under the direction of Thomas, on the ...