Shzr Ee Tan is an active musician with a background in classical piano, tango/Balkan accordion, Chinese and Okinawan lutes (sanxian and sanshin), the Chinese fiddle (erhu) and various East Asian percussion instruments. She is a member of several ensembles based in London, including a jazz-improv quartet, a tango band, a Korean percussion band and a Chinese silk and bamboo ensemble. Some of the venues in which she has appeared include the South Bank, the Truman Brewery and The Arts House (Singapore). Shzr Ee also has experience as a print journalist in Asia, having worked for an extensive period of time as an arts correspondent for The Straits Times in Singapore, and thereafter magazines and newspapers in the Far East on a freelance basis. She continues to contribute columns on film, music and culture to various media.