Hao Jiang Tian studied with Italian baritone Gino Bechi, the first Western opera star invited to teach in China, despite having never seen a Western opera.
Performer Biography
Hao Jiang Tian, the bass singer on this album, grew up in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution, an experience he credits with shaping his path.
Performer Biography
Hao Jiang Tian has had a close relationship with New York's Metropolitan Opera, appearing every season since 1991.
Performer Biography
As a child, Hao Jiang Tian destroyed his parents' record collection when Western music was banned during the Cultural Revolution.
Performer Biography
Hao Jiang Tian's father, a conductor, introduced him to Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, the last piece he had conducted publicly, which deeply moved Tian.
Performer Biography
Hao Jiang Tian has often been the first Chinese performer to embody a particular character in his repertoire of nearly fifty operatic roles.
Performer Biography
Hao Jiang Tian was accepted into the re-inaugural class of Beijing's newly reopened Central Conservatory after the Cultural Revolution.
