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Orchester im Treppenhaus
AESOP 2 (2021) - Composer Slam European Championship Winner
“hypnotic”, “artful” - Neue Presse
“sophisticated”, “playful” - Deutschlandfunk
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, Ivor Novello Award Nominee“hypnotic”, “artful” - Neue Presse
“sophisticated”, “playful” - Deutschlandfunk
London Philharmonic Orchestra
SLEEPTALKER (2021) - Ivor Novello Award Nominee
“an engagingly odd landscape of modernist fragments and other musical memories”, “the seriousness of all these composers [...] was an inspiration” ★★★★ - Ivan Hewitt, The Telegraph
SLEEPTALKER (2021) - Ivor Novello Award Nominee
“an engagingly odd landscape of modernist fragments and other musical memories”, “the seriousness of all these composers [...] was an inspiration” ★★★★ - Ivan Hewitt, The Telegraph
Aldeburgh Festival, Slide Action Trombone Quartet, Britten Pears Contemporary Ensemble
THE DREAMERS (2022)
“a major addition to the repertoire” - The Trombonist Magazine
“There is something so refreshingly honest about Haigh’s writing [...] his music feels like it’s pushing boundaries in the perfect way [...] new, refreshing, a mindset that is so ostensibly now”
- What is Metamodern? Journal
Britten Sinfonia
Grin (2019) - Ivor Novello Award Winner
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“a quirky, playful, bold and original work with a highly distinctive musical language and sound. It is unpredictable, taking the listener in unexpected directions.” - Ivors Composer Awards
“[Haigh] paints a smeared canvas teeming with cheeky flourishes, including weird, almost Mahlerian jigs and manically balletic swooshes” ★★★★ - Neil Fisher, The Times
”Robin Haigh’s dream-like No One is laced with exotic, vibrato-like effects; in this
reflective premiere, Oliver Wass taps into an archaic, timeless vein.” -
Musical Opinion Magazine
RAM Recorder Consort, Tabea Debus
In Feyre Foreste (2016) - British Composer Award Winner
“[In Feyre Foreste] inhabits an extraordinary sound-world full of surprises, was completely refreshing, with remarkable ensemble writing creating a magical narrative. The piece stood out from an impressively strong and diverse group.” - British Composer Awards
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“[In Feyre Foreste] inhabits an extraordinary sound-world full of surprises, was completely refreshing, with remarkable ensemble writing creating a magical narrative. The piece stood out from an impressively strong and diverse group.” - British Composer Awards
(haigh is pronounced like hague, not like hay or hi)
photo - Moritz Küstner 2022
photo - Moritz Küstner 2022