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Zac Zinger
shakuhachi

Zac Zinger is an award-winning composer, arranger, orchestrator, music supervisor, and multi-instrumentalist with years of experience in a wide variety of mediums. His innovative technique and style on the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), as well as the unique multicultural blend of his compositions have garnered critical acclaim at home and abroad. His contributions as composer, arranger, orchestrator and performer include such major video game titles as Street Fighter V, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Elden Ring, PubG Mobile, Final Fantasy XV, Just Cause 4, Jump Force, and Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories.

A multi-talented performer, Zac plays saxophones, shakuhachi, flute, clarinet, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), and a host of world flutes. He has performed in twelve countries, in esteemed venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and has been credited for musical contributions to 80 commercial music releases and counting, two of which have won Grammy Awards. He has worked with such musical luminaries as Sir Paul McCartney, Branford Marsalis, Michael Bublé, Dionne Warwick, Audra McDonald, Bear McCreary, and Tituss Burgess, and is a regular member of the Grammy Award winning 8-Bit Big Band and Adam Neely’s Jazz School.