Zhou Tian
Zhou Tian (; born 1981, in Hangzhou, China) 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
Tōru Takemitsu in 1995) honored in that category. His composition have been performed by orchestras such as the
New York Philharmonic,
San Francisco Symphony,
London Philharmonic,
Mahler Chamber Orchestra,
Pittsburgh Symphony, "
The President's Own"
United States Marine Band, and
Shanghai Symphony, where he served as the Artist-in-Residence. In 2019, thirteen symphony orchestras commissioned his composition “Transcend” in honor of the 150th anniversary of the
Transcontinental Railroad's completion. In 2022, he received the Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Award from the
American Bandmasters Association, 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 associate professor of composition at
Michigan State University.
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