Robin Haigh Explained

Robin Haigh
Occupation:	Musician, Composer
Birth Date:	1993
Birth Place:	United Kingdom
Genre:	Classical
Website:	https://robinhaigh.com/
Years Active:	2014-Present

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

Career

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

• 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)

External links

• Official website, accessed 13 September 2018
• BBC Radio 3 programme featuring the composer, accessed 25 July 2018
• Composer's site on the British Music Collection, accessed 25 July 2018

Notes and References

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