Robin Haigh

Robin Haigh
Born1993
United Kingdom
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Years active2014–Present
Websiterobinhaigh.com

Robin Haigh (born 1993 in London) is an Irish/British composer of contemporary classical music.

Career

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "2017 British Composer Award Winners Announced". British Composer Awards. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Academy success at the 2017 British Composer Awards". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Winners of 2017 British Composer Awards announced". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ Wright, Katy. "Winners of 2017 British Composer Awards announced". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Featured composer: Robin Haigh". M-magazine. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Six composers appointed for Soundhub and LSO Jerwood Composer+ Programmes for 2017/18". London Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  7. ^ Wright, Katy. "LSO reveals 2017/18 Soundhub and Jerwood Composer+ intake". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  8. ^ Wright, Katy. "PRS for Music announces inaugural Accelerate intake". Rhinegold Publishing. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Composers chosen for PRS for Music's inaugural Accelerate initiative". PRS for Music. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Ligeti Quartet Workshop". Centre for New Music at Sheffield. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Britten Sinfonia with Benjamin Grosevnor". Barbican. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Introducing the new RPS Composers". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  13. ^ Stäbler, Marcus (28 February 2022). "Komponistenwettstreit Composer Slam – Für eine Packung Kekse". Deutschlandfunk.
  14. ^ "Haigh, Robin". NMC Recordings. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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