Zhou Tian

Zhou Tian (; Pronunciation: JOH TEE-en; born 1981, in Hangzhou, China. Zhou is his family name) is a Chinese-American composer of contemporary classical music. His Concerto for Orchestra received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition in 2018, making him the first Chinese-born composer and the second Asian composer (following TÃÂru Takemitsu in 1995) honored in that category.

His compositions have been performed by performers and orchestras such as Louis LangrÃÂ©e, Jaap Van Zweden, Manfred Honeck, Long Yu, Yuja Wang, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Jian Wang, the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, London Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Ã¢ÂÂThe President's OwnÃ¢ÂÂ United States Marine Band, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Dover Quartet, and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, where he served as the Artist-in-Residence. In 2019, thirteen American symphony orchestras commissioned Ã¢ÂÂTranscendÃ¢ÂÂ in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad's completion. His Ã¢ÂÂGiftÃ¢ÂÂ for orchestra opened the Shanghai Symphony's 140th season and received its US premiere by the New York Philharmonic in 2020. In 2022, he received the Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Award from the American Bandmasters Association for Sinfonia, becoming the first Asian-American winner in the award's 66-year history.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Zhou Tian earned his Masters of Music degree from the Juilliard School and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California. He is Professor of Composition at Michigan State University.

Compositions

Double Concerto (for violin, viola and chamber orchestra) (2024)
Threads (2024)
Birthday Fantasia (2024)
Violin Concerto "Night Tour" (violin & full/chamber orchestra) (2022)
Flute Concerto (flute & chamber orchestra) (2022)
Metropolis (2022)
Gift (2019)
Transcend (2019)
Cello Concerto "Flowing Sleeves" (2018)
Rise (2018)
Concerto for Orchestra (2016)
Viaje (flute & strings) (2016)
Joy (strings) (2016)
Broken Ink (2013)
Listening to the Land (2013)
Trace (2013)
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2009)
The Grand CanalÃÂ (erhu, ruan, Chinese opera singer, mixed chorus, and orchestra) (2008)
First Sight (2007)
The Palace of Nine Perfections (2004)
Nocturne (for strings) (2003)

Irises (flute & piano) (2023)
Cadence (cello quartet - 4 cellos) (2023)
Hidden GraceÃÂ (flute, viola & harp) (2023)
Night Tour (violin & piano) (2022)
Flowing SleevesÃÂ (cello & piano quintet) (2021)
Nocturne (saxophone quartet) (2021)
Joy (string quintet) (2019)
Hundred AntiquesÃÂ (erhu, pipa, violin, cello & percussion) (2018)
Viaje (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone & piano) (2017)
Viaje (flute & string quartet or flute, cello & piano) (2015)
Morning after the DelugeÃÂ (violin, piano & string quartet / clarinet, piano & string quartet) (2014)
Night-Shining White (brass quintet) (2014)
Red Trees, Wrinkled CliffsÃÂ (guitar, violin, viola & cello) (2012)
String Quartet No. 2ÃÂ (2010) ÃÂ
Unheard WishesÃÂ (clarinet & piano) (2009)
A Crown for SoniaÃÂ (soprano, cello & piano) (2008)ÃÂ
Reading an Anthology of Chinese Poems...(narrator, flute, viola & harp) (2008)
DuoÃÂ (violin & viola) (2006)
YeÃÂ (two cellos & piano) (2005)
Morning CallÃÂ (brass quintet) (2002)
Piano TrioÃÂ (2002)
Three Chinese Songs (voice & piano) (2002)
String Quartet No. 1 (2000)
DuetÃÂ (flute & piano) (1999)