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{{short description|Chinese conductor (born 1949)}}
{{Western name order|Tang Muhai}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Tāng (surname)|Tang]]|lang=Chinese}}

'''Muhai Tang''' ({{zh|s=汤沐海 |t=湯沐海 |p=Tāng Mùhǎi}}; born 1949 in [[Shanghai]]) is a Chinese [[conducting|conductor]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Unterfinger |first=Markus |title=Muhai Tang - Im Ozean der Musik |date=2010-10-02 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1826761/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |publisher=Kaspar Winkler, Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), TILT Production}}</ref>  He is the youngest son of celebrated Chinese film director [[Tang Xiaodan]] and brother of painter and poet [[Tang Muli]].

Tang initially learned music with his parents, and later studied composition and conducting at the [[Shanghai Conservatory of Music]], receiving his diploma in both.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muhai Tang in the Ocean of Music |url=https://www.medici.tv/en/documentaries/muhai-tang-in-the-ocean-of-music |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Available in the Play Store |language=en-US}}</ref> He furthered his studies in conducting with [[:de:Hermann Michael|Hermann Michael]] at the [[Hochschule für Musik und Theater München|Hochschule für Musik]] in [[Munich]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muhai Tang {{!}} APM - Alessandro Panetto Management |url=https://apmanagement.eu/muhai-tang/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |language=en}}</ref>

His international career started when [[Herbert von Karajan]] invited him to conduct the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]] during the 1983–1984 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maestro fulfilling dream of homeland |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-01/01/content_22894338.htm |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref> This invitation was later renewed. He was the chief conductor of the [[Gulbenkian Orchestra]] in [[Lisbon]] from 1988 until 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre |url=http://www.mic.pt/dispatcher?where=1&what=2&show=0&interprete_id=95&lang=EN |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.mic.pt}}</ref> From 1991 to 1995, he was chief conductor of DePhilharmonie (now known as the [[Antwerp Symphony Orchestra]]). He made his US debut with the [[San Francisco Symphony Orchestra]] in 1988.

In 1991<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Meet the Music |title=Muhai Tang |date=August 1991 |publisher=Playbill Pty for Sydney Symphony Orchestra}}</ref> Tang was chief conductor of the [[Queensland Symphony Orchestra]] (QSO), the last chief conductor prior to the orchestra's renaming as the [[Queensland Orchestra]].  In November 2005, he became the orchestra's conductor laureate.<ref>The orchestra has since reverted to the name of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, effective 2010.</ref>

From 2003 to 2006, Tang served as Chief Conductor of the [[Finnish National Opera]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Vesa Sirén | title=Muhai Tang the unanimous choice at National Opera | url=http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20020528IE17 | work=Helsingin Sanomat | date=28 May 2002 | accessdate=2008-03-30 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627183037/http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20020528IE17 | archivedate=27 June 2008 }}</ref>  From 2006 to 2011, Tang was artistic director and principal conductor of the [[Zurich Chamber Orchestra|Zürcher Kammerorchester]] (Zurich Chamber Orchestra), and became principal guest conductor in 2011.  From 2010 until 2015, he was chief conductor of the [[Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra]].

As conductor, he was awarded the [[Grammy Awards of 2002|2002 Grammy Award]] [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition|for Best Classical Contemporary Composition]] for [[Christopher Rouse (composer)|Christopher Rouse]]'s ''[[Concert de Gaudí]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071212012918/http://www.thequeenslandorchestra.com.au/data/portal/00000005/content/23260001158213703062.pdf The Queensland Orchestra, 2005 Annual Report]

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