Zach Heyde
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About
Composer, pianist, educator, and YouTuber known for his real-time composing sessions, orchestration tutorials, and advice for professional composers which he shares on his YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers. He is also known for writing music for animation, video games, and trailers.
Before fame
He began playing melodies on a toy xylophone when he was 3 years old and started formal piano lessons when he was 7 years old. He entered the Hartt School in 2011 and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 2015. He formed the YouTube duo Frank & Zach Piano Duets with fellow pianist Frank Tedesco in September 2016 and also began sharing content on his personal YouTube channel in 2016.
Trivia
He won the adult division of the Darien's Got Talent competition in June 2016. He released the albums Spectral in 2017, Frostfell in 2020, and The Call of Raven's Hollow in 2025. He plays piano, clarinet, glockenspiel, organ, and electronic instruments.
Family life
He married Natalie Heyde in 2018.
Associated with
He contributed additional music to Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight which featured Jack Black as the voice of Po.
