Robin Haigh
{{Short description|British composer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Robin Haigh
| occupation = Musician, composer
| birth_date = 1993
| birth_place = United Kingdom
| genre = Classical
| website = {{URL|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.{{cite web |title=2017 British Composer Award Winners Announced |url=https://britishcomposerawards.com/2017-british-composer-award-winners-announced/ |website=British Composer Awards |accessdate=25 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Academy success at the 2017 British Composer Awards |url=https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/news/academy-success-at-the-2017-british-composer-awards |website=Royal Academy of Music |accessdate=25 July 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/winners-2017-british-composer-awards-announced/|title=Winners of 2017 British Composer Awards announced|website=Rhinegold Publishing|accessdate=10 August 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Katy |title=Winners of 2017 British Composer Awards announced |url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/winners-2017-british-composer-awards-announced/ |website=Rhinegold Publishing |accessdate=13 September 2018}} His piece Zorthern features on the NMC Recordings label performed by Luke Carver Goss and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.{{cite web |title=Featured composer: Robin Haigh |url=https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/newmusic/featuredartist/featured-composer-robin-haigh/ |website=M-magazine |accessdate=25 July 2018}} In 2018, he was chosen to be a part of the London Symphony Orchestra's Soundhub scheme,{{cite web |title=Six composers appointed for Soundhub and LSO Jerwood Composer+ Programmes for 2017/18 |url=https://lso.co.uk/more/news/730-six-composers-appointed-by-the-london-symphony-orchestra-for-soundhub-and-lso-jerwood-composer-programmes-for-2017-18.html |website=London Symphony Orchestra |accessdate=25 July 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Katy |title=LSO reveals 2017/18 Soundhub and Jerwood Composer+ intake |url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/lso-announces-201718-soundhub-jerwood-intake/ |website=Rhinegold Publishing |accessdate=13 September 2018}} as well as PRS for Music's Accelerate scheme,{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Katy |title=PRS for Music announces inaugural Accelerate intake |url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/prs-for-music-announces-inaugural-accelerate-intake/https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/classical_music/prs-for-music-announces-inaugural-accelerate-intake/ |website=Rhinegold Publishing |accessdate=1 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=Composers chosen for PRS for Music's inaugural Accelerate initiative |url=https://www.prsformusic.com/press/2018/composers-chosen-for-prs-for-musics-inaugural-accelerate-initiative |website=PRS for Music |accessdate=13 September 2018}} and the University of Sheffield's workshop with the Ligeti Quartet.{{cite web |title=Ligeti Quartet Workshop |url=https://cenmas.wordpress.com/ligeti-quartet-workshop-opportunity/ |website=Centre for New Music at Sheffield |date=5 December 2017 |accessdate=13 September 2018}} In 2019 he was commissioned by the Britten Sinfonia to write a piece for chamber orchestra, supported by the William Alwyn foundation.{{cite web |title=Britten Sinfonia with Benjamin Grosevnor |url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/britten-sinfonia-with-benjamin-grosvenor |website=Barbican |accessdate=25 February 2019}} In July 2019, he was announced as a 2019–20 Royal Philharmonic Society composer, leading to a commission for the 2020 Presteigne Festival.{{cite web |title=Introducing the new RPS Composers |url=https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/news/introducing-the-new-rps-composers |website=Royal Philharmonic Society |accessdate=29 July 2019}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Stäbler |first1=Marcus |title=Komponistenwettstreit Composer Slam – Für eine Packung Kekse |url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/composer-slam-100.html |website=Deutschlandfunk |date=28 February 2022 }}
He studied composition at Goldsmiths, University of London and The Royal Academy of Music, with teachers including Dmitri Smirnov, Edmund Finnis, and David Sawer.{{cite web |title=Haigh, Robin |url=https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/composer/haigh-robin |website=NMC Recordings |accessdate=13 September 2018}}
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)
References
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External links
- {{official}}
- {{cite web | title=Robin Haigh | website=British Music Collection | url=https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/robin-haigh | access-date=29 October 2024}}
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Category:English classical composers
Category:English male classical composers
Category:21st-century British classical composers