Sing-Yat Chen
Composition finalist 2026
Biography
Sing-Yat Chen (陳星逸) is a Hong Kong composer-pianist, and 2026 Gaudeamus Award finalist. Praised by Neue Musik Zeitung for her “impressively reflective inner struggle,” she integrates literature, science and visual arts into immersive soundscapes. A former Bang on a Can Fellow, she has collaborated with Ensemble Modern and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler. Her works, bridging dualities, have been featured at Festival Mixtur and performed on the historic 1746 Hildebrandt organ.
Events
Joint final for the Composition and Conducting Competitions: the three finalist conductors will, by drawing lots, conduct one of the three finalist works for symphony orchestra from the Composition Competition, performed by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
The final will be followed by the Composition Competition awards ceremony.