Eunike Tanzil

Tanzil was born and raised in Medan, North Sumatra. She began learning piano and Electone at the age of 5. At 17, Tanzil relocated to the US after winning a full scholarship from Berklee College of Music She later earned a Master of Music degree in composition from the Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, she was mentored by Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner John Corigliano, as well as by John Debney and Pinar Toprak. ==Career==

In 2021, Tanzil served as the score coordinator for the animated supernatural black comedy film The Addams Family 2. The same year, she scored the Chinese comedy mystery feature film Be Somebody. 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. 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. In July, she released her second single with Deutsche Grammophon, Be My Home, a composition for piano solo. In September 2025, she released her debut album, The First of Everything, which was recorded in Berlin with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and conducted by Anna Handler. Released under DG, she plays piano, celesta, bells and snare drum herself, with Sophie Kauer playing solo cello. The album features 12 tracks, each inspired by significant personal moments in Tanzil's life, ranging from cinematic orchestral arrangements to minimalistic pieces. The first single, Remembering, was followed by Pink Sakura and then Reverie. As a producer, Tanzil became the first Indonesian music producer to collaborate with Grammy-winning singer Laufey. That year, Tanzil produced the song Guratan Tangan, featured on Indonesian singer Feby Putri's album Hitam Putih. Tanzil also launched an online series on social media titled Hum Me a Melody in which she transformed street-hummed motifs into symphonic arrangements. ==Accolades and recognitions==

In 2014, Eunike Tanzil won the 2nd Prize in the Yamaha Electone Concours Final. In 2021, She also won the American Society of Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC) The Pat Williams Scholarship for Composition. In 2022, Tanzil received the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Morton Gould Young Composer Award for her contributions to concert music. In 2024, she received the Pianote Composer Award for innovation in piano composition. == Discography ==

2025 • The First of Everything (Album, orchestral) • Ode to the City of Dreams (orchestral premiere) • Eridanus, the Celestial River (orchestral premiere) 2024 • Till Next Christmas (EP, chamber) • Be My Home (single, piano solo) • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Transcr. for Piano & Strings) (single) • Luna (Solo Piano Version) (single, piano solo) • Serenade (orchestral recording with Ray Chen and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) • Veni Vidi Vici (clarinet concerto) 2023 • Scenes From a Voyage (single, orchestral) ==References==