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Tan Tiag Yi

Tan Tiag Yi is a composer, violinist and arts administrator currently based in Singapore. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Music with First Class Honours at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford in 2021, where he studied composition with Professor Martyn Harry, violin with Caroline Balding and orchestration with Dr. John Traill. A St Anne’s Camerata scholar, he performed actively in termly concerts with St Anne’s Camerata and other musical groups while at university. As a composer, he has participated in reading sessions with oboists Peter Veale and Veda Lin, trombonist Dirk Amrein, pianist Jurg Henneberger, bassoonist Christoph Wichert, soprano Alice Privett, as well as the Singapore Chinese Orchestra Young Composers’ Workshop 2018. Most recently, he was awarded First Prize at the 2021 Benslow Young Composers’ Competition (19-25 years category). World premieres include pieces written for Dr. David Bohn (2021, 2018), the Atlantic Music Festival (2019), the Southeastern Ensemble for Today’s and Tomorrow’s Sounds (2016), pianist Jongah Yoon and flutist Dr Cheryl Lim (2017), and ADDO Chamber Orchestra (2017). Some of his other interests include photography, reading and racket sports.

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