Tôn Thất An is a Parisian born Vietnamese composer now based in Taipei, and has been writing for contemporary dance, theatre, film and art projects, and composing instrumental music as well as songs.
In the past four years, he has scored for a string of indie Vietnamese films: ‘The Third Wife’ (2018) and ‘Between Shadow and Soul’ (2019) by Ash Mayfair, ‘Song Lang’ (2018) by Leon Le, ‘Goodbye Mother’ (2019) by Trịnh Đình Lê Minh and ‘Ròm’ (2019) by Trần Thanh Huy. He has also contributed to Naomi Kawase’s ‘True Mothers’ (2020).
He significantly collaborated with Japanese choreographer Jo Kanamori: ‘Nina – materialize sacrifice’ (2005), ‘Play 2 Play’ (2007), ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ (2010), ‘The Dream of the Swan’ (2017) and with Taiwanese dance wunderkind Huang Yi: ‘Symphony Project’ (2010), ‘Double Yellow Line’ (2012) and ‘Special Order’ (2014).
His work as a composer also brought him to the Philharmonie Hall in Berlin where he premiered ‘The Legend of Thánh Gióng’ (2013), a symphonic tale commissioned by The Berlin Symphony Orchestra.
In the past four years, he has scored for a string of indie Vietnamese films: ‘The Third Wife’ (2018) and ‘Between Shadow and Soul’ (2019) by Ash Mayfair, ‘Song Lang’ (2018) by Leon Le, ‘Goodbye Mother’ (2019) by Trịnh Đình Lê Minh and ‘Ròm’ (2019) by Trần Thanh Huy. He has also contributed to Naomi Kawase’s ‘True Mothers’ (2020).
He significantly collaborated with Japanese choreographer Jo Kanamori: ‘Nina – materialize sacrifice’ (2005), ‘Play 2 Play’ (2007), ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ (2010), ‘The Dream of the Swan’ (2017) and with Taiwanese dance wunderkind Huang Yi: ‘Symphony Project’ (2010), ‘Double Yellow Line’ (2012) and ‘Special Order’ (2014).
His work as a composer also brought him to the Philharmonie Hall in Berlin where he premiered ‘The Legend of Thánh Gióng’ (2013), a symphonic tale commissioned by The Berlin Symphony Orchestra.
- 3/23/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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