Yan Ee Toh is a Singaporean composer whose music fuses elements of spontaneity and organicity. Yan Ee’s music deals with dichotomies within nature - both the phenomena of our physical world, as well as the nature of things. Her works explore gestures through the amalgamation and morphing of timbres and harmonies.

Yan Ee’s recent interests in interdisciplinary work and traditional instruments have led to performances at the Courtauld Gallery, collaborations with Duo Nessi (Chatori Shimizu and Niloufar Shiri) and School of the Arts Ethnic Ensemble, and the curation of the ‘Landscapes//Atmospheres’ concert series championing new works for the Steingraeber Transducer Piano.

Yan Ee’s music has been performed in 11 countries, with notable performances at Wigmore Hall, Cockpit Theatre, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Victoria Concert Hall and Esplanade Recital Studio. She has worked with RIOT Ensemble, CHROMA, Onyx Brass, TACET(i), Orkest de Ereprijs, b-l duo, Salastina, found sound nation, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Quartetto Maurice, ensemble chromoson, Ensemble Kochi, and Singapore Chinese Orchestra, amongst others.

Her accolades include the Priaulx Rainier Composition Prize from The Musicians’ Company, Boston New Music Initiative Young Composer Competition (Winner), Concertia Emerging Composers Fellowship, Runner-Up Prizes at the Black Bayou Composition Award and the International Composition Institute of Thailand, Special Mention at the AMAT Women Composers Competition, and a Diploma at the New Music Generation International Composer Competition.

Having completed her undergraduate studies at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), Yan Ee recently graduated with a Master of Music from the Royal Academy of Music (London), where she was awarded the DipRAM in recognition of an exceptional portfolio. Her studies were generously supported by the Munster Trust and Trailblazer Foundation. Yan Ee’s teachers include David Sawer, Rubens Askenar, Ho Chee Kong and Adeline Wong.

Beyond her compositional practice, Yan Ee is an active choral singer and pianist, having sung with the New London Chamber Choir, the Joyful Company of Singers, and the All Souls Church Choir. Passionate about artistic practice both on and off stage, Yan Ee maintains an active compositional practice alongside her work as an arts professional in Marketing & Communications at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.