Listen to Shattered Sky

Zhengtao Pan, a 22-year-old composer from Shanghai, China, is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a double major in Jazz and Classical Music Composition. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in jazz writing and film scoring at the Eastman School of Music. He actively works in media scoring, arranges jazz tunes for studio orchestras and Big Bands, and writes concert music. He collaborated with Andrew Gould, Benny Benack III, Itai Kriss, Walter Smith III in his debut Jazz Big Band album “Scenery In My Story”, to name a few. Recently, he engaged in collaborative efforts with acclaimed artists Rufus Reid, Steve Wilson, and Sara Gazarek on his 2nd Big Band album, further demonstrating his dynamic presence in the jazz and wider music community. In the concert & film music side, some of the orchestras that he worked with include European Recording Orchestra (soundtrack recording), Shanghai Symphonic Orchestra (commissioned by the orchestra as part of the International Digital Music Festival), Budapest Scoring Orchestra (soundtrack recording for “Lost Soul Aside”) etc. He is also an online streamer on the Chinese platform called “Bilibili”, where he releases music under the account for his Vocaloid and virtual singer projects. His music accumulated more than 1 million views, widely praised by listeners.