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Zong Chiang

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Zong Chiang is a versatile multi-instrumental musician and award-winning composer based in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Taipei. His work has appeared in film, television, game, documentary, commercial, virtual reality, and pop music. Zong's works featured studios, including Netflix, Taiwan Television, TVBS, China Television Company, Chinese Public Television, Sanlih Entertainment Television, Formosa Television, Mango Television, Microsoft, and Oculus VR.

As a composer of screen and technology music, Zong has not only worked with studio artists/musicians around the world, including Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic, Taipei Philharmonic, Budapest Art Orchestra, Budapest Scoring Orchestra, and Helix Collective but also recorded all his works at Warner Bros' Eastwood Scoring Stage, Capitol Record Studio, AIR Studios, EastWest Studio, Sony Playstation Interactive Recording Studio, and Silent Zoo Studio (The Bridge).

In addition, Zong's professional fields also cross-border audio design and spatial audio; from music creation, sound design, ambisonic to implementation, in all levels of the audio area of Virtual Reality.

Zong is a nominee of a 2020 Paris Art and Movie Awards, a recipient of the 2021 Recording Academy/Grammys Class Voting Member, a soundtrack winner of the London City Film Award, and project "Dear Mom" selected into 2020 GSA BAFTA Student Film Awards: BAFTA Student Interactive Media Showcase.

Zong has participated in major film festivals and music festivals in recent years, including the 2021 NewImages Festival, "Annecy International Animation Film Festival," GSA BAFTA Student Film Awards, IndieCade, Formosa a Venezia. He also served as the Head of Composing, Score, and Asia Representative of the London City Film Awards this year.

Since 2020, Zong has created the audio design for prestigious awards: Golden Melody Awards and Golden Horse Awards, from the music design in the award ceremony to the ambient music in the red carpet area. In 2021, he served as the Golden Melody Festival New-Media Mixing Master Series moderator at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards.

Education:
B.A. in Technology and Applied Composition, San Francisco Conservatory of Music;
M.M. in Screen Scoring, USC Thornton School of Music.


More Information:
Website: https://www.zongchiang.com
Email: zongmusicinc@gmail.com