Lan Tung

Lan Tung (born in 1972 or 1973; traditional Chinese: 董籃; simplified Chinese: 董篮) is a Taiwanese–Canadian musician and erhuist.[1] She is an erhu performer, vocalist, composer, producer, and administrator. She is the artistic director of Orchid Ensemble, Sound of Dragon Ensemble, Vancouver Erhu Quartet, Crossbridge Strings, Proliferasian, and Sound of Dragon Music Festival.

Biography

Lan Tung was born in 1972 or 1973 in Taiwan to Yenliang Tung and Eliza Chang.[2] Her parents were writers.[3] She has a younger brother, Dorian.[2] The family adhered to the principles of Confucianism and were not religious.[2] In her youth, her father was fond of Zhou Xuan's music and she would frequently hum Zhou's songs.[3] When she was in an elementary school ensemble, Lan Tung was introduced to the erhu at the age of 10.[3][4][5] Tung attended the Chinese Culture University's Department of Music, where she studied traditional Chinese music.[3] Over multiple years, her parents had sought to use the Self-Employed Program to immigrate to Canada and their application was accepted.[6] She emigrated with her family from Taiwan to Canada in 1994, and the family of four were residents of North Vancouver in 1997.[2][7]

Tung had to drop out of Chinese Culture University in her second year to join her parents in Canada.[6] She enrolled in Capilano Community College, where she studied for a year in the school's English as a Second Language program.[8] At Capilano, she started over as a first-year student in 1995, pursuing a degree in music therapy.[8] In her second year at the community college in 1997, Tung started Orchid Ensemble, a musical ensemble.[8] In 2000, Tung founded Proliferasian, a musical group that performs musical improvisations and compositions.[9] Using her musical therapy certification from Capilano, she provided sessions in elder care facilties on a part-time basis in 2006.[10] Tung's husband is Jonathan Bernard.[10]

Tung learned from the erhuists Jiebing Chen in San Francisco and Zhang Funming in Beijing. She subsequently was taught by Kala Ramnath, a Mumbai-based violinist, and Alfred Gamil, a Cairo-–based violinist.[5] The World Journal's Lu Hui-ping said in 2013, "Her erhu improvisations and compositions are renowned in the Canadian and international music scene."[11]

References

  1. ^ Varty, Alexander (January 2015). "The musical liberation of Lan Tung". Musicworks. pp. 18–22, 25.
  2. ^ a b c d "First-time turkey, with Chinese stuffing". The Province. 23 December 1997. Archived from the original on 28 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Wang, Xuewen 王學文 (7 June 2022). "打破民樂傳統混搭闖新路 董籃圖眾樂樂創辦音樂節" [Breaking Traditional Boundaries of Folk Music: Dong Lantu and the Zhongyuele Ensemble Launch a New Music Festival]. Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 28 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  4. ^ Jing 2022, p. 89
  5. ^ a b Kurth, Marti (2 April 2015). "'Orchids in Spring' Duo to perform in Whitefish". Daily Inter Lake. Archived from the original on 28 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b Jing 2022, p. 184
  7. ^ Charters, Murray (2 July 2005). "A world of musical styles". Brantford Expositor. Archived from the original on 28 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c Jing 2022, p. 185
  9. ^ Jing 2022, p. 175
  10. ^ a b Wickett, Martha; Harasymchuk, Sarah (23 August 2006). "Escaping with his music". Salmon Arm Observer. Archived from the original on 28 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Lu, Hui-ping 呂惠萍 (30 October 2013). "董籃即興二胡 揉合傳統現代" [Lan Tung's Improvised Erhu Blends Tradition and Modernity]. World Journal (in Chinese).

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