Tan Dun has been awarded the 2012 D. D. Shostakovich Award by the Yuri Bashmet International Charitable Foundation. The award ceremony on May 14 will be held outside Moscow in the historic city of Yaroslavl and will be a part of a concert conducted by Maestro Bashmet and Tan Dun for charity. Tan Dun is the first artist from China to have received the award, previous winners include Anne-Sophie Mutter, Valery Gergiev, Gidon Kremer, Evgeny Kissin and Yefim Bronfman.
