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Posted On: October 27th 2026, 06:00 pm
Artist in spotlight: TAN Tiag Yi! Once a week we introduce a Ulysses Platform artist for you to discover. Find out more about them and discover their works from the platform website (link in the bio).
TAN Tiag Yi is a Singaporean musician based in Germany
He completed the Master of Music in Composition at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts in 2026, where he studied with Professor Sidney Corbett, supported by the Li Siong Tay Postgraduate Scholarship.. He obtained the Bachelor of Arts in Music with First Class Honours at the University of Oxford in 2021, where he studied composition with Professor Martyn Harry and violin with Caroline Balding. His compositions play off a multiplicity of influences whose concordances and dislocations productively interact to create fragile and compelling sound worlds. Tiag Yi was most recently a finalist at the 2024 National Association of Teachers of Singing Art Song Competition. Other prizes include Special Commendation at the 2021 Henfrey Prize for Composition for his work Cross Sections, which was premiered by leading period ensemble Boxwood & Brass at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom in 2022. He was also awarded First Prize at the 2021 Benslow Young Composers’ Competition (19-25 years category) for his art song I so Liked Spring, which received its premiere by soprano Sarah Leonard and pianist Stephen Gutman at Benslow Music, Hitchin, United Kingdom. Recent world premieres include Making, Unbecoming (2026, Germany) for orchestra, Displaced Choreographies (2025, Germany) for mixed ensemble andThe Fruits of Decay (2025, Lithuania). His works Displaced Choreographies and Good-Night at the Door were also broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur in 2026 as part of the ongoing Hörprobe series.
TAN Tiag Yi is a Singaporean musician based in Germany
He completed the Master of Music in Composition at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts in 2026, where he studied with Professor Sidney Corbett, supported by the Li Siong Tay Postgraduate Scholarship.. He obtained the Bachelor of Arts in Music with First Class Honours at the University of Oxford in 2021, where he studied composition with Professor Martyn Harry and violin with Caroline Balding. His compositions play off a multiplicity of influences whose concordances and dislocations productively interact to create fragile and compelling sound worlds. Tiag Yi was most recently a finalist at the 2024 National Association of Teachers of Singing Art Song Competition. Other prizes include Special Commendation at the 2021 Henfrey Prize for Composition for his work Cross Sections, which was premiered by leading period ensemble Boxwood & Brass at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom in 2022. He was also awarded First Prize at the 2021 Benslow Young Composers’ Competition (19-25 years category) for his art song I so Liked Spring, which received its premiere by soprano Sarah Leonard and pianist Stephen Gutman at Benslow Music, Hitchin, United Kingdom. Recent world premieres include Making, Unbecoming (2026, Germany) for orchestra, Displaced Choreographies (2025, Germany) for mixed ensemble andThe Fruits of Decay (2025, Lithuania). His works Displaced Choreographies and Good-Night at the Door were also broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur in 2026 as part of the ongoing Hörprobe series.
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