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Robin Haigh writes music that blends pop, classical, and experimental ideologies and sounds. His pieces have been performed and commissioned by the LSO, LPO, Britten Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, London Sinfonietta, Orchester im Treppenhaus, Lowell Chamber Orchestra, and Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra.
Honours include a 2017 British Composer Award for recorder quintet In Feyre Foreste, a 2020 Ivor Novello Award for the chamber orchestra piece Grin, and a further five Ivor Novello nominations for No One (harp), SLEEPTALKER (orchestra), LUCK (trumpet concerto), FILTH (amplified ensemble) and AESOP 2 (recorder soloist and ensemble), which was also nominated for the 2025 Gaudeamus Award.
oneMusic Orchestra, Yoel Gamzou
Concerto for Orchestra (2023)
Orchester im Treppenhaus
AESOP 2 (2021)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
SLEEPTALKER (2021)
Slide Action Trombone Quartet, Britten Pears Contemporary Ensemble
THE DREAMERS (2022)
Orchester im Treppenhaus
FILTH (2022)
Britten Sinfonia
Grin (2019)
RAM Recorder Consort, Tabea Debus
In Feyre Foreste (2016)
(haigh is pronounced like hague, not like hay or hi)
photo - Michael Carlo 2023
photo - Michael Carlo 2023