Zi Hua Tan finalist for the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award
听Zi Hua Tan, a Doctoral composition student of Prof. John Rea has been named a听finalist for听the 2017 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award. 听Out of 115 entries from 36 countries, Zi Hua Tan鈥檚 composition, 鈥t the still point鈥μ齱as chosen to be among the four finalists of the听Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2017. World-renowned composer听Heinz听Holliger was the sole听judge.听Scored for symphony orchestra, Tan's work was composed in the context of the Student Composer-in-Residence program at the Schulich School of Music.
The final competition 听round will take place at a concert given by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra on May 28, 2017.
Zi Hua Tan was born in 听Kota Bharu, Malaysia in 1983. He is Canadian鈥恇ased composer whose works have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America, at events such as Ferienkurse f眉r Neue Musik Darmstadt (Germany), Wittener Tage f眉r neue Kammermusik (Germany), Royaumont 鈥淰oix Nouvelles鈥� (France), the Tongyeong International Music Festival (Korea), and Akademie Schloss Solitude Summer Academy (Germany). Among the ensembles he has worked with include the 听Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Recherche, and Ensemble SurPlus. He has won several prizes and grants, including the鈥淕oethe Award鈥漚t TIMF.听
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