REYLON YOUNT
Yangqin, Voice
Reylon Yount aka Mantawoman (they/them/Rey/M) is a genre-fluid performer, yangqin player and singer-songwriter based in London. As the youngest member of the Silkroad Ensemble, Reylon has toured venues such as Lincoln Center, TED, Park Avenue Armory and Xinghai Concert Hall. A Harvard College graduate and Marshall Scholar, Reylon pairs their music-making with research around transcultural identity and fluidity as a healing response to fragmentation. Reylon is a 2020 City Music Foundation Artist and has received support from Arts Council England, Help Musicians UK, and the Royal Philharmonic Society. Reylon has recorded on soundtracks for the Sundance Award-winning short RENEEPOPTOSIS and Marvel’s blockbuster SHANG CHI. They co-direct Tangram, a London-based artist collective reimagining Chinese cultures through music. When flying solo, Reylon performs as Mantawoman, a psychedelic siren giving hypnopop surrealness, showcasing their “lovely baritone” (I Care If You Listen). Their playing has garnered over 2.5 million views on Instagram and TikTok.