SWS Music Director

SWS Music Director - Adrian Tan

Adrian Tan (b. 1977) graduated with honours in Theatre Studies from the National University of Singapore. His significant participation in Music and Theatre has distinguished him as a unique multi-disciplinary artist with an impressive repertoire of achievements in Singapore and overseas. He is the recipient of the prestigious National Arts Council (Singapore) Overseas Scholarship, and completed his Masters in Music Studies (Conducting) studying with Imre Pallo at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In addition, he studied conducting with Harold Farberman, Robert Gutter and Ovidiu Balan, and participated in master classes in orchestral conducting with Gunther Herbig, and in wind and choral conducting with Jan Cober and Hans Leenders respectively.

He has led wind bands and orchestras at the community as well as professional levels. He served as Music Director of AudioImage Wind Ensemble from (2000-2006) and the Paradigm Wind Ensemble (2000-2002) in Singapore, and more recently in 2010, was appointed Assistant Choir Master of the Willoughby Symphony Choir (Sydney, Australia) and the Music Director of the Sydney University Wind Orchestra. He actively champions the music of Singaporean composers and has presented premieres of compositions by Singaporean composers Americ Goh, Zechariah Goh Toh Chai, Ho Chee Kong, Kelly Tang and Phoon Yew Tien. In 2005, he formed and directed the New Festival Orchestra to perform Rachmaninoff’s 2nd and 3rd Piano Concertos with renowned pianist Tedd Joselson in the 30th Anniversary of his professional debut. In 2006, he made his professional debut with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) for an all-Tchaikovsky program with Chinese violin prodigy Tang Yun (from the Chen Kaige movie “Together”) in a gala concert at the Hanoi Opera House. Adrian has also worked with prominent composers in the Japanese video game industry like Hitoshi Sakimoto (Finanl Fantasy XII), Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Cross) and Hideki Sakamoto (Echochrome, Yakuza) in numerous video game concerts. He was invited to conduct for the recording of the musical soundtrack for the Australian feature film “Next door to the Velinsky’s” (2010) and the short film “The Domestication of Humans” (2010) at Fox Studios Australia.

Adrian’s guest conducting engagements include the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (Vietnam), the Filharmonica “Mihail Jora” di Bacau (Romania), the Mosman Symphony Orchestra (Australia), Beecroft Orchestra (Australia) and the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra (Singapore). In opera, he was the assistant conductor in the production of Otto Nicolai's “Merry Wives of Windsor”, and the Musical Director of the production of Darius Milhaud's “Les Malheurs d'Orphee” at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2012, he will conduct the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and the HCM Ballet Symphony Orchestra.

Adrian Tan was appointed Music Director of the Singapore Wind Symphony, and was also named Music Director (Designate) of the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra in 2012.

Adrian Tan (b. 1977) graduated with honours in Theatre Studies from the National University of Singapore. His significant participation in Music and Theatre has distinguished him as a unique multi-disciplinary artist with an impressive repertoire of achievements in Singapore and overseas. He is the recipient of the prestigious National Arts Council (Singapore) Overseas Scholarship, and completed his Masters in Music Studies (Conducting) studying with Imre Pallo at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In addition, he studied conducting with Harold Farberman, Robert Gutter and Ovidiu Balan, and participated in master classes in orchestral conducting with Gunther Herbig, and in wind and choral conducting with Jan Cober and Hans Leenders respectively.

He has led wind bands and orchestras at the community as well as professional levels. He served as Music Director of AudioImage Wind Ensemble from (2000-2006) and the Paradigm Wind Ensemble (2000-2002) in Singapore, and more recently in 2010, was appointed Assistant Choir Master of the Willoughby Symphony Choir (Sydney, Australia) and the Music Director of the Sydney University Wind Orchestra. He actively champions the music of Singaporean composers and has presented premieres of compositions by Singaporean composers Americ Goh, Zechariah Goh Toh Chai, Ho Chee Kong, Kelly Tang and Phoon Yew Tien. In 2005, he formed and directed the New Festival Orchestra to perform Rachmaninoff’s 2^nd and 3^rd Piano Concertos with renowned pianist Tedd Joselson in the 30^th Anniversary of his professional debut. In 2006, he made his professional debut with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) for an all-Tchaikovsky program with Chinese violin prodigy Tang Yun (from the Chen Kaige movie “Together”) in a gala concert at the Hanoi Opera House. Adrian has also worked with prominent composers in the Japanese video game industry like Hitoshi Sakimoto (Finanl Fantasy XII), Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Cross) and Hideki Sakamoto (Echochrome, Yakuza) in numerous video game concerts. He was invited to conduct for the recording of the musical soundtrack for the Australian feature film “Next door to the Velinsky’s” (2010) and the short film “The Domestication of Humans” (2010) at Fox Studios Australia.

Adrian’s guest conducting engagements include the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (Vietnam), the Filharmonica “Mihail Jora” di Bacau (Romania), the Mosman Symphony Orchestra (Australia), Beecroft Orchestra (Australia) and the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra (Singapore). In opera, he was the assistant conductor in the production of Otto Nicolai's “Merry Wives of Windsor”, and the Musical Director of the production of Darius Milhaud's “Les Malheurs d'Orphee” at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2012, he will conduct the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and the HCM Ballet Symphony Orchestra.

Adrian Tan was appointed Music Director of the Singapore Wind Symphony, and was also named Music Director (Designate) of the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra in 2012.