Yong Tan is a Malaysian film composer, concert composer, and producer.
As a film composer and producer, his music can be found in movies, advertisements, TV, and podcasts, on major platforms including Netflix and Disney. He has written additional music for a number of feature films, including Telekinesis and All In. He has scored more than 20 short films which have been featured in numerous international film festivals and have won awards at IndieFEST Film and New York Film & Cinematography festival.
As a concert composer, he has won numerous awards and has seen his works performed publicly in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and the US. Some awards include the Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame call for score, the “Electronic Nights” concert series call for works by Texas Tech University's School of Music, and the FreeHand 3rd Malaysian Contemporary Composers Piano Festival call for score. He has also participated in some music festivals including the 2024 Rondo Festival, 2023 SoundBridge Festival Malaysia, 2023 Atlantic Music Festival, 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. He is now pursuing his master’s degree in screen scoring at New York University.
About
Selected Awards
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Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame call for score, with double bass solo "Deep Breath"(2024)
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“Electronic Nights” concert series call for works by Texas Tech University's School of Music, with the electronic composition "Letter to no One" (2024)
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Finalist for the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Yougn Composer Awards, with Orchestra "Ants" (2024)
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FreeHand 3rd Malaysian Contemporary Composers Piano Festival, with piano solo "9 Etudes for Piano"(2023)
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Finalist for Free Hand 2nd Malaysian Contemporary Composers Piano Festival call for score with “Sad Fact” (2022)
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UITM Tunku Zain Piano Trio Composition Competition 1st prize, with Piano Trio “My Little Sister ‘asking’ for Present” for piano trio (2021)
Press
Canvas Rebel Magazine Interview
Article for"The Soong Sisters" Theater Work, produced by the KL Performing Arts Centre (2024):
Radio Interview for the concert "Tunes From the East II", produced by the KL Performing Arts Centre (2024) :
Article for the Rondo Festival, produced by Rondo Production (2023)
Article for the Concert Jalur Kita, Cerita Kita (2022)