Tian Haojiang

Tian Haojiang has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera for 20 years in 26 operas and is highly praised for his over 1,400 performances on international stages such as the Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Arena di Verona, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, San Francisco Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Washington National Opera, and opera houses in France, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Chile, Russia, Japan, as well as Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts, Opera Hong Kong and all major opera houses and symphony orchestras in China.

His roles in modern Chinese operas include Tan Dun's The First Emperor and Stewart Wallace's The Bonesetter's Daughter based on Amy Tan's novel, as well as the title role in Guo Wenjing's Poet Li Bai. Tian's autobiography, co-authored with Lois B. Morris, Along the Roaring River, My Wild Ride from Mao to the Met, was published by Wiley & Sons and a 2009 PBS special based on this book was aired nationwide. CNN featured him and his one-man show Sing Brother Sing in Talk Asia in 2012. His honours include a Lifetime Achievement Award from Denver University (2014) and an Honorary Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music (2021).

Tian's first book in Chinese, Turandot at the Arena, was published in June 2022 and has been reprinted five times since. He is the founder and artistic director of the iSING! International Young Artists Festival and has produced five concerts of “Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems” with the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra in New York and Beijing since 2023.