EPK | Brianna Tam

Featured Reviews

"Brianna Tam has become famous for her impressive onstage showmanship and unpremeditated compositional inventiveness, creating rapturous music." Strings Magazine.

"This was the single greatest live performance I’ve ever had the privilege to witness." Luke Clark (Boone, NC)

“Brianna is a world class performer whose fire and energy are infectious." Spearfisher, Composer (Los Angeles, CA)

"It felt as if her cello opened a doorway straight into the heart of the film and invited everyone inside." Dana Croschere, Film Producer (Phoenix, AZ)

"Brianna is gifted with a rare talent, one that touches the heart and soul of the listener." Christine Vrooman, Ankida Vineyards (Amherst, VA)

"Brianna is a rare blend of visionary creative and consummate professional." Willard Watson, BRAHM Event Coordinator (Blowing Rock, NC)

"Brianna is the definition of a complex, mutable artist with the soul of a rock star." Kirsten Russell, Filmmaker (New York, NY)

All Reviews (38)

Using her bare feet, her loop station, and her electric cello, Brianna Tam envelops listeners in a mesmerizing and dynamic musical experience while simultaneously capturing their hearts with her charming and charismatic personality.

Using both her expertise in media composition as well as her boundless imagination, Brianna will guide listeners through immersive, one-of-a-kind fully-improvised sets.

Full Bio

Based in Los Angeles, Brianna has performed internationally at concerts, cultural events, and immersive experiences. She has delivered a TEDx performance, was selected as a Top Shelf artist for NPR’s 2023 Tiny Desk Contest, and was featured in Strings Magazine, which described her as “famous for her impressive onstage showmanship and unpremeditated compositional inventiveness, creating rapturous music.”

This season, Brianna is an Artist-in-Residence with Company E, a Washington, D.C.-based dance company, collaborating with the company through performances featuring her original music.

In the fall of 2025, Brianna represented the USA Pavilion as an Artist-in-Residence at the Japan World Expo, creating and performing original works for an international audience. She has also appeared in two national Lexus commercial campaigns, composing original music for both a broadcast television spot and a social media release.

As a composer, Brianna’s gift for building worlds through sound extends into film and visual media. Her credits include Rescued Hearts (2025), Secret Game (2025), Wild Fire (2023), Healing Waters (2022), and The Tannery (post-production), as well as trailer music for Netflix’s The Unabomber. Her score for Wild Fire earned Best Soundtrack at the 2023 Red Dirt Film Festival and Outstanding Original Soundtrack at the 2024 New Jersey Film Festival. Her music has also been featured in the official trailer for Downton Abbey.

Brianna was the recipient of a South Arts grant in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council, supporting an Artist Residency at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. Her original music has garnered multiple million-plus streams, and her single “Bioluminescence” was awarded First Place in the 2022 International Songwriting Competition.

Brianna continues to explore the space between composition, improvisation, and live performance, creating music that is deeply rooted in presence, vulnerability, and the feeling of being fully alive in the moment.

Short Bio

Los Angeles-based electric cellist and composer Brianna Tam creates immersive worlds of sound through live-looping, improvisation, and cinematic composition. Known for her authenticity and emotionally evocative artistry, she has performed internationally, including as an Artist-in-Residence representing the USA Pavilion at the 2025 Japan World Expo.

A Top Shelf artist for NPR’s 2023 Tiny Desk Contest and featured in Strings Magazine for her “impressive onstage showmanship and unpremeditated compositional inventiveness,” Brianna has also performed at TEDx and composed for film, television, and national campaigns including Lexus. Her credits include Rescued Hearts, Secret Game, Wild Fire, and Netflix’s The Unabomber, with multiple original tracks surpassing one million streams.