TAN YAO CONG

Tuba

Tan Yao Cong’s multi-faceted musical career as a performer, educator and orchestra manager has taken him all over the world and across different dimensions of the music industry. 

Yao Cong studied under the tutelage of Patrick Harrild, then Principal Tuba of London Symphony Orchestra, graduating with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Tuba performance from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. During his years in London, he honed his skills in tuba performance through international engagements which include the London Symphony Orchestra Brass Academy and Alzira Spanish Brass Festival. 

Specifically in Asia, Yao Cong has toured with the International Youth Wind Orchestra and Asian Youth Orchestra, while appearing regularly with The Orchestra of the Music Makers and Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra. 

Yao Cong attributes his educational and career privilege to Singapore’s Loke Cheng-Kim Foundation scholarship. He now calls Singapore home, where he holds a particular passion for elevating the local music community. He sits on the faculty of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and School of the Arts Singapore (SOTA). On the side, he conducts master classes and music camps with Singapore National Youth Orchestra and Singapore Armed Forces Central Band.

On disc, Yao Cong can be heard as part of the Cosmopolitan Brass in a CD titled ‘John Gardner – Music for Brass and Organ’ featuring Paul Archibald and Stephen King released by Toccata Classics. He was also involved in the Guildhall Brass Ensemble’s CD recording of ‘La Fanfare Wagnerienne – The Extaordinary Lost Collection of Paul Gilson’ in 2013.

From a music & artiste management perspective, Yao Cong is proud to hold the title of Orchestra Manager of Singapore’s Metropolitan Festival Orchestra since its inception in 2013 — through which he has had the privilege to work with a breadth of multi-disciplinary talents and visionaries with a collective aim of bringing classical music to the masses.