Composer | Arranger | Orchestrator | Conductor
Discography
Where Sound Meets Soul
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Zhengtao Pan is a Shanghai-born composer, arranger, and orchestrator. A Berklee graduate (jazz & classical composition dual degree) now pursuing a double master’s in jazz writing and film scoring at Eastman, his credits span games such as Houkai Gakuen 2, Lost Soul Aside, Wuthering Waves, and Arknights, with work for ByteDance, Masaya Games, and miHoYo. Honors include JEN Best Large Instrumental Composition, four DownBeat Student Awards, ASMAC Pat Williams & Bill Conti prizes, and Ravinia’s Bridges Competition. His big band works appear on Scenery in My Story (Outside In Music), with performances by leading ensembles & players such as Walter Smith III, Benny Benack III, Alexa Tarantino etc. His VOCALOID works has reached 1M+ streams on Bilibili.
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I compose —
From concert music to jazz music, from video games to TV series.
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I arrange —
From jazz piano trio to big band, from chamber music to orchestra.
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I share —
Bilibili, YouTube, Instagram, you name it, I share my music creation.
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Testimonials
Voices That Matter
I believe your talent is of the absolute highest caliber.
I believe your talent is of the absolute highest caliber.
Steven Feifke
Grammy Award winning bandleader, composer, and arranger
Listening to your music was really quite wonderful, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your creations!
Listening to your music was really quite wonderful, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your creations!
Rufus Reid
Legendary Jazz Bassist
Zhengtao consistently demonstrates a keen sensibility for new compositional techniques. I find his large jazz ensemble writing to be refreshing, authentic and creative.
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
Pan’s ensemble lends warmth and vitality to his largely colorful and charming compositions and arrangements.
Pan’s ensemble lends warmth and vitality to his largely colorful and charming compositions and arrangements.
All About Jazz
A vivid musical memoir, each piece a chapter in a story told through lush textures and evocative melodies.
A vivid musical memoir, each piece a chapter in a story told through lush textures and evocative melodies.
Paris Move
Collaborations
Brands I've worked with
New Release
Upcoming
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.
Work with me?
Shaping Dreams With Sound.
Discography
Where Sound Meets Soul
More?
Zhengtao Pan is a Shanghai-born composer, arranger, and orchestrator. A Berklee graduate (jazz & classical composition dual degree) now pursuing a double master’s in jazz writing and film scoring at Eastman, his credits span games such as Houkai Gakuen 2, Lost Soul Aside, Wuthering Waves, and Arknights, with work for ByteDance, Masaya Games, and miHoYo. Honors include JEN Best Large Instrumental Composition, four DownBeat Student Awards, ASMAC Pat Williams & Bill Conti prizes, and Ravinia’s Bridges Competition. His big band works appear on Scenery in My Story (Outside In Music), with performances by leading ensembles & players such as Walter Smith III, Benny Benack III, Alexa Tarantino etc. His VOCALOID works has reached 1M+ streams on Bilibili.
{01}
I compose —
From concert music to jazz music, from video games to TV series.
{02}
I arrange —
From jazz piano trio to big band, from chamber music to orchestra.
{03}
I share —
Bilibili, YouTube, Instagram, you name it, I share my music creation.
More?
Testimonials
Voices That Matter
I believe your talent is of the absolute highest caliber.
Steven Feifke
Grammy Award winning bandleader, composer, and arranger
Listening to your music was really quite wonderful, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your creations!
Rufus Reid
Legendary Jazz Bassist
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
Pan’s ensemble lends warmth and vitality to his largely colorful and charming compositions and arrangements.
All About Jazz
A vivid musical memoir, each piece a chapter in a story told through lush textures and evocative melodies.
Paris Move
Collaborations
Brands I've worked with
New Release
Upcoming
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.
Work with me?
Composer | Arranger | Orchestrator | Conductor
Discography
Where Sound Meets Soul
More?
Zhengtao Pan is a Shanghai-born composer, arranger, and orchestrator. A Berklee graduate (jazz & classical composition dual degree) now pursuing a double master’s in jazz writing and film scoring at Eastman, his credits span games such as Houkai Gakuen 2, Lost Soul Aside, Wuthering Waves, and Arknights, with work for ByteDance, Masaya Games, and miHoYo. Honors include JEN Best Large Instrumental Composition, four DownBeat Student Awards, ASMAC Pat Williams & Bill Conti prizes, and Ravinia’s Bridges Competition. His big band works appear on Scenery in My Story (Outside In Music), with performances by leading ensembles & players such as Walter Smith III, Benny Benack III, Alexa Tarantino etc. His VOCALOID works has reached 1M+ streams on Bilibili.
{01}
I compose —
From concert music to jazz music, from video games to TV series.
{02}
I arrange —
From jazz piano trio to big band, from chamber music to orchestra.
{03}
I share —
Bilibili, YouTube, Instagram, you name it, I share my music creation.
More?
Testimonials
Voices That Matter
I believe your talent is of the absolute highest caliber.
Steven Feifke
Grammy Award winning bandleader, composer, and arranger
Listening to your music was really quite wonderful, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your creations!
Rufus Reid
Legendary Jazz Bassist
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
Pan’s ensemble lends warmth and vitality to his largely colorful and charming compositions and arrangements.
All About Jazz
A vivid musical memoir, each piece a chapter in a story told through lush textures and evocative melodies.
Paris Move
Collaborations
Brands I've worked with
New Release
Upcoming
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.