Yan Ee is a Singaporean composer and arts professional whose music fuses spontaneity and organicity, exploring dichotomies within nature through evolving timbres, harmonies, and gesture. Her work spans interdisciplinary collaboration, traditional and underrepresented instruments, while maintaining a consistent compositional practice across diverse contexts.
Her music has been performed in 11 countries across Europe, Asia, and America, with notable performances at Wigmore Hall, Cockpit Theatre, Victoria Concert Hall, and the Esplanade Recital Studio. She has worked with a wide range of leading ensembles and artists, including RIOT Ensemble, CHROMA, Onyx Brass, TACET(i) Ensemble, Orkest de Ereprijs, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Quartetto Maurice, Ensemble Kochi, and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, as well as conductors Fabian Panisello, Brett Dean, Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Matilda Hofman, Gregory Charette, and Lien Boon Hua.
Yan Ee’s accolades include the 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.
Yan Ee obtained her BMus (Hons, Highest Distinction) from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and MMus (Distinction) from the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded the Priaulx Rainier Composition Prize (The Musicians’ Company) and DipRAM in recognition of an exceptional portfolio. Her studies were supported by the Munster Trust and the Trailblazer Foundation.
Alongside her compositional practice, Yan Ee is an active chorister and pianist, having sung with New London Chamber Choir, Joyful Company of Singers, and All Souls Church Choir. She holds a role in Marketing & Communications at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, reflecting her commitment to supporting artistic practice both on and off stage.
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