Two Grammys, two decades, one cello.
Six chapters of work, from a building in Los Angeles to a compound in Hong Kong. Releases live on the music page and every dated show is in the performance archive.
01
Signature Works
The pieces that only he could have made.
Los Angeles City Hall
The only performer ever to play the building
LOS ANGELES CITY HALL · LOS ANGELES · 2012
Suspended on the façade of Los Angeles City Hall for the Grand Park premiere, playing off the side of the building.
AEON
Official music video
AEON · TEKTONIK MUSIC FEATURING DANA LEONG
Written for TEKTONIK Music and premiered live opening the Shanghai International Auto Show at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, with its own official music video. Watch AEON
NeuroSymphony
A symphony played by the audience’s own brainwaves
NEUROSYMPHONY · WITH EMOTIV
Built with EMOTIV so the music is driven live by the brain activity of the people in the room. Taken to the EO Global Leadership Conference at Marina Bay Sands and the International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak, and featured in Tatler Asia.
02
Brands
Scores and live work for houses that do not take chances.
Prada
Men’s International Fashion Show
PRADA · SHANGHAI · 2019
Scored and performed the Prada Men’s International Fashion Show in Shanghai.
Hermès
Theme music, “Fire”
HERMÈS · BEVERLY HILLS
Composed “Fire,” the theme for the grand opening of the Hermès Beverly Hills Atelier, performed with aerial dancers on the building’s facade.
ArcFox
World premiere of “AEON”
ARCFOX · MERCEDES-BENZ ARENA · 2019
Opened the Shanghai International Auto Show at the Mercedes-Benz Arena with the world premiere of “AEON” for the ArcFox brand reveal.
03
Stages and Summits
Where the room is full of people who decide things.
Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium, Perelman Stage
CARNEGIE HALL · NEW YORK · 2011
Played Carnegie Hall’s main stage with Lila Downs, following an earlier date in Zankel Hall.
World Economic Forum
First standing ovation in forum history
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM · DAVOS, TIANJIN, GENEVA, DUBAI
Closed the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin to the first standing ovation in the forum’s history, and has returned to Davos, Geneva, Tokyo, San Francisco and Dubai since.
AmCham Shanghai
110th Anniversary Gala
AMCHAM SHANGHAI · SHANGHAI · 2025
Performed “America the Beautiful” at the 110th Anniversary Gala of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
04
Screen and Score
Written for picture, for film and for buildings.
Women Without Men
Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival
SCORE WITH RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
Scored Women Without Men with Ryuichi Sakamoto. The film took the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Isobel
Commissioned by the UN Global Compact
UNITED NATIONS · NEW YORK · 2016
A film commissioned for the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, contrasting places worth preserving with regions under environmental strain.
Tai Kwun
31 nights of projection mapping
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB · HONG KONG · 2018
Composed the original score for the grand opening of Tai Kwun, a month long projection mapping and live performance event across the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s restoration of the Central Police Station compound.
05
Ventures
Three things he runs, not three things he played.
TEKTONIK Music
The label and the collective
TEKTONIK MUSIC · TEKTONIKMUSIC.ORG
TEKTONIK Music is the label behind Sweet Sleep Meditations, GAIA and the NeuroSymphony work. Its own catalogue lives at TEKTONIKmusic.org.
TEKTONIK Studio
Score, song and soundtrack
TEKTONIK STUDIO · TEKTONIKSTUDIO.ORG
The scoring and sound arm at TEKTONIKstudio.org, working in song, soundtrack and sound design for film, brands and live experience.
#UpgradeMe
Passed 125,000 subscribers in its third season
#UPGRADEME · PODCAST
The Fastest Growing Motivational Podcast, with guests including Nathan East. Episodes live on the #UpgradeMe page.
06
Education
Handing it on.
The Rhythm Road
American Music Abroad, US State Department
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER · SOUTHEAST ASIA · 2008
Led The Dana Leong Band on The Rhythm Road, the American Music Abroad tour presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center and the US State Department, through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Papua New Guinea.
The Real Easy Book
Sher Music
THE REAL EASY BOOK · TUNES FOR BEGINNING IMPROVISERS
On the cover of The Real Easy Book, Sher Music’s text for beginning improvisers, photographed with the Stanford Jazz Workshop.
AIM TEKTONIK Scholarship
A scholarship at the Asian Institute of Management
ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT · MANILA · 2019
The TEKTONIK Scholarship at the Asian Institute of Management. Its first recipient, Masaki Mitsuhashi, graduated as sole cohort valedictorian.