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I am one of the world's most inventive and accomplished yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer) players, with credits on GRAMMY and Sundance Award-winning projects, Marvel and Netflix film soundtracks.

Reylon Yount (they/she), stage name Mantawoman, is a Chinese American musician, singer-songwriter, and performer from San Francisco. Recognized as one of the world’s most innovative yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer) players, Yount has gained international acclaim for their ability to bridge traditional Chinese music with modern sonic landscapes.

Yount began their career making history as the first North American yangqin player to compete in China at the 2014 Baotou International Yangqin Arts Festival, where they won a silver prize. They went on to record and tour with the Silkroad Ensemble, becoming the first and only yangqin player to feature on a GRAMMY-winning album (Sing Me Home, 2016).

Yount has toured prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center, TED, Tanglewood, Xinghai Concert Hall, and LSO St Luke’s. They co-founded the award-winning London music collective Tangram, and have recorded on film soundtracks for Marvel, Netflix, and a Sundance-winning animated short. Yount’s collaborators include Rhiannon Giddens, Johnny Gandelsman, Kayhan Kalhor, Caroline Polachek, and Luke Pritchard of The Kooks, marking them as a versatile presence in both classical and contempora

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