Brandon Wong's name is synonymous with the classical, jazz, pop and musical theatre scene in Singapore. A brilliantly versatile double bassist and electric bassist, he has shared the jazz stage with James Morrison, Mike Stern, Shunzo Ohno, Laura Fygi and artistes Corrinne May, Eric Moo and Jimmy Ye. Brandon toured with six-time Grammy award winner, ukulele virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist, Daniel Ho and the world’s premier pipa virtuoso, Wu Man in summer of 2019. Between 2006 and 2022, encompassing all musical genres, Brandon collaborated with major ensembles including the Singapore Armed Forces Bands, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra and the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra. Brandon was also first-call bassist for Singapore’s music man and renown composer the late Iskandar Mirza Ismail in his latter years.
Brandon's involvement with major touring shows is prolific; he was the resident bassist for Disney's "The Lion King”, an inaugural and also longest running musical locally for Marina Bay Sands in 2011, and Michael Nyman's "Facing Goya” at the official reopening of Singapore's Victoria Theatre in 2014. Brandon is also often seen on national television in award shows like "Singapore Idol", "Don't Forget The Lyrics", "The Final One", "Anugerah Planet Muzik" and the "President Star Charity". Other theatre performances include "Dim Sum Dollies: History of Singapore Part 1", "December Rains", “Avenue Q”, “The Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress”, “Wicked”, “The Phantom of the Opera” and Disney’s award-winning musical, “Aladdin”. Brandon’s 2022 performances include the best-selling local musical and critically acclaimed “The LKY Musical”, and most recently “End of the Rainbow”.
Brandon graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Electronics, Computer and Telecommunications. Following a near-fatal automobile accident in 2005 with multiple broken bones, internal injuries and a dormant left deltoid muscle, Brandon recovered sufficiently to fulfil an earlier aspiration to pursue a professional music degree under tutorage of Singapore Symphony Orchestra principal bassist Guennadi Mouzyka at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. A full scholarship recipient, Brandon graduated in 2017 with B.Mus Honours(Distinction) and is also recipient of the prestigious Steven Baxter Memorial Award for outstanding performance and achievements in the Conservatory.
A multitalented and naturally inquisitive musician, Brandon extends his talents to being a recording producer and engineer, and video producer with clients extending to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and University of California Irvine, USA, to name a few. Brandon also sees himself as an educator and in his quest to nurture young bassists and providing them with the best instruments possible, he created his own bass specialist store in 2008, www.bassloft.com, where he provides service to the string bass community as a luthier and advisor.