Li-Anne Kong

About Me

Li-Anne is a multi-award-winning Malaysian composer, producer, arranger and performer. Inspired by various styles such as classical, jazz and more, her idiosyncratic voice in music is also filled with elements of Malaysian culture. She graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Contemporary Writing and Production.

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Li-Anne has arranged for sold-out Signature Series shows like "A Night at the Opera—The Music of Queen," as well as "Bond...James Bond: Theme Songs (Virtual Concert)". Her arrangement of "Mengikat Jiwa" for the BUDAYA 2.0 Concert Series was sung by VokalMania Juara Rookie Award-winner, Aisha Retno. In 2019, she arranged for the Berklee Signature Series “Aida Cuevas Meets Berklee," featuring Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican vocalist Aida Cuevas, who is also known as the “Queen of Ranchera Music." She also arranged, track-produced and performed in the Berklee Virtual Commencement Concert 2021, which honoured the honorary degree recipients: Celine Dion, Donald Harrison, and Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes.

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As a performer, Li-Anne was chosen to be the featured violin soloist in the 1st Edition of Young Malaysian Go Classic Orchestra. She won prizes in several piano competitions including the 14th Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Piano Competition representing Malaysia and the 6th Roland Piano Music Festival. Li-Anne won the Best Student Performer Award during her year at International College of Music (ICOM). At Berklee, she also received the Creativity in Commercial Arranging Award, as well as the Music Preparation Award.