Yong Tan
Yong Tan is a Malaysian media composer, concert composer, and producer.
As a media composer, he had the opportunity to co-write a standard length Malaysian movie, a Malaysian drama, and an app advertisement. As a producer, his song was used in podcast, exhibition, brand advertisement, educational material and more.
As a concert composer, he has won a few prizes in both Malaysia and the US. In October 2023, his piano solo “9 Etudes for Piano” won the FreeHand 3rd Malaysian Contemporary Composers Piano Festival call for score, and was commissioned to write a new work for the UCSI International Piano Festival Competition 2024. In 2021, he won the UITM Tunku Zain Piano Trio Composition Competition with his piano trio “My little Sister ‘asking’ for Present”; the Kyle Pearl 2nd Annual Open Call with his cello solo “1 = 1+1”; and the Pennsylvania Chamber Winds Call for Score with his woodwind quintet “Nature”
In June 2023, his commissioned orchestra work “Dots” was performed at the Penang Performing Art Center in Malaysia as part of the Rondo Festival. Some other festival he participated in includes the 2023 SoundBridge Festival Malaysia, the 2023 Atlantic Music Festival in the US, and the 2022 Emerge Virtual Workshop hosted by the Julius Quartet.
Yong Tan holds a dual degree in concert composition and media composition from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. More of his music can be found on his YouTube and Soundcloud as Yong Tan.