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. His commercial game works include “Mist Sequence,” “Lost Soul Aside,” “One Piece: The Bloodline,” and “Arknights,” among others. He has worked on music outsourcing for companies like ByteDance, Masaya Games, and miHoYo.

Beyond media scoring, Zhengtao Pan excels as an arranger and orchestrator for concert orchestras and big bands. His achievements in music composition have led to his music being selected as the best large instrumental composition in the Jazz Education Network and 4-time winning the Downbeat Student Award for small ensemble composition. He also secured victories in the ASMAC Pat Williams Composing and Arranging Competitions, ASMAC Bill Conti Big Band Arranging Competition and earned first place at the Bridges Composition Competition at Ravinia Jazz Festival. His concert music were premiered by ensembles like the HyperCube ensemble, Cascadia Composers, in variaous concert venues such as Webster University, Christ The king Lutheran Church, Creative Tools Music Festival etc.

His Big Band works have been performed by renowned artists including Grammy-winning artist Steven Feifke’s Big Band, jazz saxophonist Alexa Tarantino, and the Eastman New Jazz Ensemble directed by Dave Rivello. Zhengtao collaborates with esteemed musicians such as Benny Benack III, Walter Smith III, Itai Kriss, and Andrew Gould for his debut Big Band album “Scenery in My Story,” which was released under the NYC-based jazz label “Outside In Music.” His collaborations extend to the Budapest Scoring Orchestra, Budapest Jazz Orchestra, US Jazz Ambassadors, European Recording Orchestra, Shanghai Symphonic Orchestra, Belarus Sonic Orchestra, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava and more.

Recently, he engaged in collaborative efforts with acclaimed artists Rufus Reid, Steve Wilson, and Sara Gazarek on his upcoming 2nd Big Band album “Day By Day”, further demonstrating his dynamic presence in the jazz and wider music community.

Zhengtao Pan is also active in the digital space as an online streamer on the Chinese platform Bilibili, where he shares music from his Vocaloid and virtual singer projects, amassing over 1 million views. His popular works, like “Secret Treasure Traveler,” have garnered widespread praise. Zhengtao believes that every note is a tool to express his identity, continuously enriching the global music landscape through his diverse collaborations and creative endeavors.