Diana Soh

Diana Soh (b. 1984) is a young Singaporean composer whose musical interest is currently directed at exploring performance interactivity. Her music tends to be characterized by interruptive oppositions between surface activities and passivity.

Her music has been performed in venues as varied as LSO St. Luke's (UK), Royaumont (FR), Acanthes (FR), Donaueschinger Musiktager (GER), June in Buffalo (US), Unerhorte Musik series (GER) as well as throughout Singapore and New York. It has also been broadcasted recently on the BBC radio 3. She has had the good fortune of working with musicians such as James Avery, Magnus Andersson, NEO Norbotten, Tony Arnold, Berlin Piano and Percussion, New York New Music Ensemble, the Arditti Quartet, the SYC Ensemble Singers. She is currently working towards her PhD at the University at Buffalo under the tutelage of David Felder. Employed by the Center for 21st Century Music in Buffalo, New York, she aids in the organisation of concert events and artist liaison.

Active as a performer as well, she has participated in the UB New music ensemble as a singer and pianist under the direction of the late James Avery. Also, she sings in Babel, an experimental vocal ensemble (dir. Tony Arnold) and functions as an ad-hoc conductor in her musical community. Prior to her move to the US, she worked as a music educator in Singapore and was once the Conducting Assistant of the SYC Ensemble Singers.