Tan Shun Zhong graduated from Hin Hua High School, Klang. He took up the tuba at the age of 13 when he joined the Hin Hua School Band, under band director Mr. Chan Wing Khoi.

In 2017, Shun Zhong joined the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (MPYO) under the baton of Naohisa Furusawa. Together with the orchestra, he toured Singapore and Hong Kong, performing in the prestigious Esplanade Concert Hall and Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. He also joined the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) Symphonic Band in the same year.

He studied tuba with Bruce Lee Chong Hong, Hoong Miane Sng, and Fernando Borja, co-principal trombonist of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO). He has taken part in masterclasses led by Øystein Baadsvik, Micaël Cortone d'Amore, Thomas Leleu, Aaron Tindall, Perry Hoogendijk and Tim Buzbee.

Shun Zhong is currently in his final year of a Bachelor’s Degree at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore, studying under Dr. Brett Stemple.