Robin Toan
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Robin Toan is one of New Zealand’s leading young composers. She has had multiple works performed in Oceania, Asia, Europe and America by leading ensembles and soloists. She has received awards in composition competitions both in New Zealand and internationally. At 24, she has already been a resident composer on two occasions, received a number of commissions and has been the recipient two high profile scholarships.
She graduated from the University of Auckland
with a Bachelor of Music degree in composition and performance clarinet in 2004. In 2005, she achieved first class honours in composition at the University of Auckland studying under John Elmsly and Eve de Castro-Robinson. She has recently completed her Master of Music degree under the supervision of John Psathas at the New Zealand School of Music.
In 2007, Toan traveled to Europe to further her studies in composition with the support of the Edwin Carr
Foundation Scholarship and the inaugural New Zealand Australasian Performing Rights Association Professional Development Award. She had tuition from Nicola LeFanu, Roger Marsh, Dieter Mack and Dorothy Ker. With the assistance of the NZ / France Friendship Fund, Toan traveled to Paris
to attend rehearsals and the premiere concert of a new work, Dans la Nuit, for string orchestra
, performed by Orchestre 2021 under the direction of Elizabeth Askren in December 2006.
She graduated from the University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
with a Bachelor of Music degree in composition and performance clarinet in 2004. In 2005, she achieved first class honours in composition at the University of Auckland studying under John Elmsly and Eve de Castro-Robinson. She has recently completed her Master of Music degree under the supervision of John Psathas at the New Zealand School of Music.
In 2007, Toan traveled to Europe to further her studies in composition with the support of the Edwin Carr
Edwin Carr (composer)
Edwin Carr was a composer of classical music from New Zealand.-Biography:Edwin Carr was born in Auckland and was educated at Otago Boys' High School from 1940 to 1943. He studied music at Otago University from 1944-5 and Auckland University College from 1946, then left with his degree unfinished...
Foundation Scholarship and the inaugural New Zealand Australasian Performing Rights Association Professional Development Award. She had tuition from Nicola LeFanu, Roger Marsh, Dieter Mack and Dorothy Ker. With the assistance of the NZ / France Friendship Fund, Toan traveled to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to attend rehearsals and the premiere concert of a new work, Dans la Nuit, for string orchestra
String orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra composed solely or primarily of instruments from the string family. These instruments are the violin, the viola, the cello, the double bass , the piano, the harp, and sometimes percussion...
, performed by Orchestre 2021 under the direction of Elizabeth Askren in December 2006.
Works
- Le Marteau du Destin for mixed chamber ensemble (2003-6)*Violaceous for solo violin (2004)
- Barcelona Postcards for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, piano (2005)
- Tü-mata-uenga for orchestra (2005)
- Dans la Nuit for string orchestra (2006)
- La Sagrada Família for orchestra (2006)
- Turista di Venezia for orchestra (2006)
- Games for solo cello (2006)
- Fanfare for Manukau for Orchestra (2007)
- Tutukaka for violin and piano (2007)
- Concertino for wind quartet and orchestra (2011)