Robin Haigh (born 1993 in London) is a composer of contemporary classical music.
Robin Haigh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1993 United Kingdom |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Composer |
| Years active | 2014-Present |
| Website | https://robinhaigh.com/ |
Career edit
In 2017, Robin Haigh won a BASCA British Composer Award at the age of 24 for his recorder quintet, In Feyre Foreste.[1][2][3][4] His piece Zorthern features on the NMC Recordings label performed by Luke Carver Goss and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.[5] In 2018, he was chosen to be a part of the London Symphony Orchestra's Soundhub scheme,[6][7] as well as PRS for Music's Accelerate scheme,[8][9] and the University of Sheffield's workshop with the Ligeti Quartet.[10] In 2019 he was commissioned by the Britten Sinfonia to write a piece for chamber orchestra, supported by the William Alwyn foundation.[11] In July 2019, he was announced as a 2019-20 Royal Philharmonic Society composer, leading to a commission for the 2020 Presteigne Festival.[12] He won an Ivor Novello Award in the Chamber Orchestral category in 2020, and in 2021 was nominated in the Solo Works category. In 2022 he was voted joint-winner of the Composer Slam European Championship for his piece AESOP 2, which was performed in Hanover by Orchester im Treppenhaus.[13]
He studied composition at Goldsmiths, University of London and The Royal Academy of Music, with teachers including Dmitri Smirnov, Edmund Finnis, and David Sawer.[14]
Notable works edit
- LUCK concerto for trumpet and orchestra (2024)
- Concerto for Orchestra (2023)
- THE DREAMERS quadruple concerto for four trombones and large ensemble (2022)
- AESOP 2 for untrained recorder soloist, large ensemble and electronics (2021)
- SLEEPTALKER for orchestra (2021)
- No One for solo harp (2020)
- Grin for chamber orchestra (2019)
- Aesop for solo recorder and eight players (2019)
- Twenty One Minute Pieces for four players (2018)
- Zorthern for solo accordion and six players (2017)
- In Feyre Foreste for five recorders (2016)
- 1936 for two narrators and large ensemble (2016)
- The Man Who Woke Up, opera in one act (2014)
- Samoyeds, movement from a string quartet (2018)
References edit
- ^ "2017 British Composer Award Winners Announced". British Composer Awards. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Academy success at the 2017 British Composer Awards". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Winners of 2017 British Composer Awards announced". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Wright, Katy. "Winners of 2017 British Composer Awards announced". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Featured composer: Robin Haigh". M-magazine. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Six composers appointed for Soundhub and LSO Jerwood Composer+ Programmes for 2017/18". London Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ Wright, Katy. "LSO reveals 2017/18 Soundhub and Jerwood Composer+ intake". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Wright, Katy. "PRS for Music announces inaugural Accelerate intake". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Composers chosen for PRS for Music's inaugural Accelerate initiative". PRS for Music. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Ligeti Quartet Workshop". Centre for New Music at Sheffield. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Britten Sinfonia with Benjamin Grosevnor". Barbican. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Introducing the new RPS Composers". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ Stäbler, Marcus. "Komponistenwettstreit Composer SlamFür eine Packung Kekse". deutschlandfunk.
- ^ "Haigh, Robin". NMC Recordings. Retrieved 13 September 2018.