Kun Tan

Kun Tan received his initial musical education in China under Liu Ping. He completed a Master’s degree in percussion at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen with the highest possible distinction, studying under Olaf Tzschoppe, Jesper Tjaerby Kornelius and André Kollikowski. Since 2025, he has been pursuing postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig under the guidance of Stefan Rapp, Fabian Otten, Matthias Schurr, Nikolai Siebenhaar and Severin Stitzenberger.

He has taken part in numerous concerts, world premieres, recordings released by NEOS and radio productions, including for Deutschlandfunk. He has also performed at music festivals, such as the Spannungen festival. In 2024, he was awarded the Hochschulpreis Musik by the Hochschule für Künste Bremen, a Deutschlandstipendium and a DAAD PROMOS scholarship.

Since the 2026/2027 season, he has been a member of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Academy, building on his experience of working with the Bremen Philharmonic, the Dresden Festival Orchestra and the Bremer Schlagzeugensemble.