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Zac Zinger

ザック・ジンガー

Zinger, Zac
Shakuhachi

Zac Zinger is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, music supervisor, and multi-instrumentalist with years of experience in a wide variety of mediums. He has performed in such esteemed venues as Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center and has been credited on 83 commercial music releases and counting. He has worked with Sir Paul McCartney, Branford Marsalis, Michael Bublé, Dionne Warwick, and Audra McDonald, and is a regular member of the Grammy Award-winning 8-Bit Big Band. A student of Kinko-ryū under the tutelage of Ralph Samuelson, Zac received a fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council in 2017 to study in Tokyo with ZENYŌJI Keisuke, OBAMA Akihito, and SOGAWA Kinya. He has lectured on the shakuhachi and multicultural art at the World Shakuhachi Festival London 2018, Berklee College of Music, CalArts, and Texas A&M. Selected credits: Lord of The Rings, RWBY, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Street Fighter V, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Elden Ring, PubG Mobile, Blue Eye Samurai.

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