Dr Marzelan Salleh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Malaya. He has lived and worked in both Malaysia and the United Kingdom, developing a distinguished career as a composer, researcher, and educator. His compositional output including Bani Jawi, Bangkit, Puteri Gunung Ledang, Rukun, Hijrah, and Tarian Cinta integrates Asian musical nuance with Western European traditions, synthesised within transcultural contemporary frameworks. His works have been performed in the United Kingdom and Malaysia alongside eminent composers such as John Pickard, Michael Ellison, Tazul Izan Tajudin and Dieter Mack. Notable performances include the New Music in the South West festival, Bristol New Music Festival, the Contemporary Music Venture Concert Series, and the University of Bristol’s New Music Ensemble Concerts. He has collaborated with internationally recognised ensembles and performers, including Quatuor Bozzini, the Brodowski Quartet and the New Music Ensemble Bristol. His practice has been further enriched through composition workshops and masterclasses with distinguished composers and musicians, among them Pierre Boulez, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Pickard, Trevor Wishart, Philip Glass, and Nigel Clarke. He obtained his PhD in Composition from the University of Bristol under the supervision of Prof Michael Ellison, following a Master’s in Composition at the University of Salford with Prof Alan Williams. His musical education began as a saxophonist in the St. John