Zhengtao Pan
Zhengtao Pan
Composer | Arranger | Conductor
Listening to your music was really quite wonderful, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your creations!
- Rufus Reid, Legendary Jazz Bassist
I believe your talent is of the absolute highest caliber.
- Steven Feifke, Grammy Award winning bandleader, composer, and arranger
Zhengtao consistently demonstrates a keen sensibility for new compositional techniques. I find his large jazz ensemble writing to be refreshing, authentic and creative.
- Miho Hazama, Permanent Guest Conductor of Metropole Orkest
Stream the singles and full length album!
In 2024, I was honored to be one of the winners of the David Baker Prize for the Bridges Composition Competition. My work, "Mirror, Floating On The Water," premiered alongside pieces by two other talented composers at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. Strings, with their ability to convey sensitivity and intimacy as well as power, play a central role. I infused this concept into each composition and arrangement, including two of my favorite tunes. After releasing my debut jazz orchestra album, "Scenery In My Story," I experienced a period of writer’s block regarding large jazz ensembles. Then, this album emerged from that introspection.