Nguyen Ba Tan has more than 10 years of attachment with the piano. When Tan turned nine, he led his path to music by studying piano at the Vietnam National Academy of Music under the instruction of Prof. Dr. Nguyen Minh Anh.
He himself, over the years, had and have many opportunities to participate in many music exchange competitions nationally and oversea, bringing him some awards and honors, including: Gold Prize, 2012 Asia International Piano festival and competition in Korea; First Prize National Competition, Steinway & Sons International Youth Piano Competition 2014, Third prize 3rd Hanoi International Piano Competition; Excellent merit and full scholarship for the academic years from 1/9 to 6/9 of the Vietnam National Academy of Music and also received the Toyota Scholarship for Young Vietnamese Music Talents.
In 2016, he got the performed his concerts with the Russian Presidential Orchestra and
the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. Two consecutive years 2018 and 2019, he participated in performances with the Japanese artists at the Vietnam - Japan
Friendship Music Festivals. Also during the same period, he had a concert with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, in which he took for the Greig Piano Concerto in A minor for the occasion.