Kangyi Zhang, based in Singapore and the United States, is an advocate for new music, especially contemporary classical music. He maintains active YouTube and SoundCloud channels which not only feature new music but also provide composition resources and tips.
Kangyi has performed on various stages in Singapore, Malaysia and the United States. As a composer, his programmatic music aims to raise public awareness on important historical events. His music has been performed in Singapore, United States (California, New York, Massachusetts, Florida, Alabama), United Kingdom and Ukraine.
Kangyi Zhang started learning the Chinese flute at 12 years old, under the dizi maestro Zhan Yong Ming. He later studied Western music in Singapore and the United States (Brown University, Northwestern University, University of California, Los Angeles). He studied the Western flute under Cheryl Lim Xuanzi, John Curran and Evgueni Brokmiller. Kangyi studied composition with Bernard Tan Tiong Gie, Gerald Shapiro, Jay Alan Yim, Bruce Broughton and Ian Krouse. He also studied electronic music/sonic arts with Drew Schnurr.
Kangyi's trombone concerto "Let Freedom Ring!" premiered by Wes Lebo and the NAFA Wind Orchestra (conducted by Joost Flach) was broadcasted on KDLG Alaska public radio “Prevailing Winds” as well as The Missouri Symphony podcast “Summer Nights”. He was commissioned by White Snake Projects for the 2024 "Sing Out Strong: Emancipated Voices" - "Can You Hear Me Now?" premiered in Boston, MA. Kangyi's composition "Unit 731: The Museum and the Survivors" is the special mention winner of the 3rd Edition Orient/Occident 2015 Composers Competition and Forum. The chamber orchestra version of this piece was selected by ADDO chamber orchestra for the inaugural 2017 "Have You Experienced" Composition Laboratory and Competition. Kangyi's composition "Syonanto: Remembering Shinozaki Mamoru" is the merit prize winner at the 2016 China-ASEAN Music Festival Composition Competition. His electronic music piece "Crossing the Border" was selected for Traveling Tunes | New Music Masterworks, The New Music Conflagration, Florida. He was commissioned to write two piano set pieces for the 2017 National Piano & Violin Competition (Singapore) - "Postcards from Singapore" and "Cyclic Coexistence". Kangyi was also featured in the A List magazine (Singapore) as one of six promising Singaporean composers.
Kangyi is also a biomedical engineer with research interests in nanotechnology, biomaterials, tissue engineering and cancer. He graduated magna cum laude with honors from Brown University. He received his MS from Northwestern University and his PhD from University of California, Los Angeles. He is a member of the following honorary societies: Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa and American Chemistry Society. He is a recipient of A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) scholarships and he attained A*STAR Chairman's Honors Lists for all years in college. He served as manager of the Consumer Care Technologies program at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering. He was also a community board member of Nanoscale Horizons journal (Royal Society of Chemistry).
Kangyi's other passions include skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and playing soccer.
Kangyi has performed on various stages in Singapore, Malaysia and the United States. As a composer, his programmatic music aims to raise public awareness on important historical events. His music has been performed in Singapore, United States (California, New York, Massachusetts, Florida, Alabama), United Kingdom and Ukraine.
Kangyi Zhang started learning the Chinese flute at 12 years old, under the dizi maestro Zhan Yong Ming. He later studied Western music in Singapore and the United States (Brown University, Northwestern University, University of California, Los Angeles). He studied the Western flute under Cheryl Lim Xuanzi, John Curran and Evgueni Brokmiller. Kangyi studied composition with Bernard Tan Tiong Gie, Gerald Shapiro, Jay Alan Yim, Bruce Broughton and Ian Krouse. He also studied electronic music/sonic arts with Drew Schnurr.
Kangyi's trombone concerto "Let Freedom Ring!" premiered by Wes Lebo and the NAFA Wind Orchestra (conducted by Joost Flach) was broadcasted on KDLG Alaska public radio “Prevailing Winds” as well as The Missouri Symphony podcast “Summer Nights”. He was commissioned by White Snake Projects for the 2024 "Sing Out Strong: Emancipated Voices" - "Can You Hear Me Now?" premiered in Boston, MA. Kangyi's composition "Unit 731: The Museum and the Survivors" is the special mention winner of the 3rd Edition Orient/Occident 2015 Composers Competition and Forum. The chamber orchestra version of this piece was selected by ADDO chamber orchestra for the inaugural 2017 "Have You Experienced" Composition Laboratory and Competition. Kangyi's composition "Syonanto: Remembering Shinozaki Mamoru" is the merit prize winner at the 2016 China-ASEAN Music Festival Composition Competition. His electronic music piece "Crossing the Border" was selected for Traveling Tunes | New Music Masterworks, The New Music Conflagration, Florida. He was commissioned to write two piano set pieces for the 2017 National Piano & Violin Competition (Singapore) - "Postcards from Singapore" and "Cyclic Coexistence". Kangyi was also featured in the A List magazine (Singapore) as one of six promising Singaporean composers.
Kangyi is also a biomedical engineer with research interests in nanotechnology, biomaterials, tissue engineering and cancer. He graduated magna cum laude with honors from Brown University. He received his MS from Northwestern University and his PhD from University of California, Los Angeles. He is a member of the following honorary societies: Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa and American Chemistry Society. He is a recipient of A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) scholarships and he attained A*STAR Chairman's Honors Lists for all years in college. He served as manager of the Consumer Care Technologies program at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering. He was also a community board member of Nanoscale Horizons journal (Royal Society of Chemistry).
Kangyi's other passions include skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and playing soccer.
