Tan Dun and John Cage: creative parallels

Abstract
The article traces the influence of J. Cage on the aesthetic and philosophical views and works of the contemporary Chinese composer Tan Dun. The connection with Eastern philosophy, primarily Chan or Zen Buddhism, is reflected in the ideas of the unity of the sound world and sounding silence, noise music, indeterminism, and related aleatory music. Despite the inherently different views and approaches, Cage and Tan Dun come at similar ideas from different angles in their work.

Keywords
Tan Dun, John Cage, chan-buddhism, experimental music, aleatoric music, organic music, silence