Eunike Tanzil | |
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| Born | August 17, 1998 Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Genres | Classical, film score, contemporary, orchestral |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, pianist, music producer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, Electone |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Website | www |
Eunike Tanzil (born August 17, 1998 - Medan, North Sumatra) [1] is an Indonesian composer, pianist, and music producer based in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] She has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including Laufey, TwoSet Violin, Anna Lapwood, Sophie Kauer, Ray Chen, Jeff Danna, Jhett Tolentino and Feby Putri. [1] [2] [3]
Tanzil has participated in scoring music for Asian Persuasion (2023), Be Somebody (2021), The Addams Family 2 (2021), I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022), and Abominable and the Invisible City. [3] [4] Tanzil’s music has been performed by several orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, and the Juilliard Orchestra.
Tanzil was born and raised in Medan, North Sumatra. [5] She began learning piano and Electone at the age of 5. [5] In 2014, she represented Indonesia at the Yamaha Electone Concours Asia-Pacific. [6] [7] At 17, Tanzil relocated to the US after winning a full scholarship from Berklee College of Music [1] where she majored in film scoring and composition and graduated with Summa Cum Laude in 2021. [8] [9] She later earned a Master of Music degree in composition from the Juilliard School. [10] While at Juilliard, she was mentored by Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner John Corigliano, as well as by John Debney and Pinar Toprak. [1]
In 2021, Tanzil served as the score coordinator for the animated supernatural black comedy film The Addams Family 2. [11] The same year, she scored the Chinese comedy mystery feature film Be Somebody. [8]
In March 2023, her single Scenes from a Voyage, was premiered by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. It was recorded by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra at the Warner Bros. Eastwood Scoring Stage. [12] [4] That July, her work Celestial Waves was premiered at an orchestral concert by the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra Foundation at the Thailand Cultural Centre, which was described by the Bangkok Post as "a marvel of thematic imagination. [13] Tanzil composed the score for the 2023 romantic comedy film, Asian Persuasion. The film is directed by Grammy Award-winning Jhett Tolentino, starring Dante Basco, Paolo Montalban and KC Concepcion, and was produced by Jhett Tolentino Productions. [14] [15]
In 2024, she signed with Deutsche Grammophon, becoming the first Asian female composer to join the label, and released her first DG single, Luna, on the same day. [1] [16] In July, she released her second single with Deutsche Grammophon, Be My Home, a composition for piano solo. [17] [18]
As a producer, Tanzil became the first Indonesian music producer to collaborate with Grammy-winning singer Laufey. [5] In February 2024, she co-produced Only Mine, a jazz-pop and orchestral song created in partnership with Bose, Porsche, and She Is The Music. [5] [19] That year, Tanzil produced the song Guratan Tangan, featured on Indonesian singer Feby Putri's album Hitam Putih. [20]
Tanzil also launched an online series on social media titled Hum Me a Melody in which she transformed street-hummed motifs into symphonic arrangements. [1]
In 2014, Eunike Tanzil won the 2nd Prize in the Yamaha Electone Concours Final. [6] [7] In 2019, she won the LunART Call for Scores. [21] In 2021, She also won the American Society of Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC) The Pat Williams Scholarship for Composition. [22] In 2022, Tanzil received the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Morton Gould Young Composer Award for her contributions to concert music. [23] In 2024, she received the Pianote Composer Award for innovation in piano composition. [24]
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