Crossing between Vancouver’s new music, improvised music and world music scenes, erhu/Chinese violin performer and composer Lan Tung is the artistic director of the Orchid Ensemble & Proliferasian. Originally from Taiwan and trained in Chinese music, Lan enjoys experimenting with contradictions by taking culturally specific materials outside their context and fusing them with other genres. Her rhythmic intricacy has a direct influence from Indian music, while her passionate melodies from Flamenco and Central Asian music, and the sense of breath/space from Chinese music. Her music has been released on a number of CDs, winning multiple nominations by the JUNO Awards, Independent Music Awards, Canadian Independent Music Awards, and Western Canadian Music Awards. Lan also performs with the world/Indian fusion band Tandava, contemporary jazz/improv trio Birds of Paradox, Mozaico Flamenco Dance Theatre, and the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra. 

Besides many years of studies of Chinese music, Lan has studied graphic score with Barry Guy, improvisation with Mary Oliver, Hindustani music with Kala Ramnath, and Uyghur music with Abdukerim Osman. At the Vancouver Creative Music Institute (2007-2009), she has studied and performed with Han Bennink (Holland), Barry Guy, Evan Parker, John Butcher (UK), Francois Houle, Paul Plimley…etc. 

Lan was a soloist with Orchestre Metropolitain (Montreal), Symphony Nova Scotia, Turning Point Ensemble (Vancouver), Atlas Ensemble (Amsterdam & Helsinki), Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (Taiwan) and Orchestra Armonia (Vancouver). She has toured in North America, Europe and Asia, with performances at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (Amsterdam), Place des Arts (Montreal), National Arts Centre (Ottawa), Sibelius Academy (Musica Nova Helsinki), Kennedy Centre (DC), Chan Centre (Vancouver), Smithsonian Institute, Ottawa Chamber Music, Folk and Jazz festivals, Vancouver Jazz and Folk festivals.


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