Taktin Oey (born 1986) is an American composer from the Princeton Junction section of West Windsor, New Jersey, United States.[1]

He graduated from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North in 2004.[1] He graduated from Harvard University in 2008. He has received a range of awards including the 1999 and 1996 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) and First Prize for his Piano Quartet in the European Region's Young Composers’ Competition in 2000.[2]

Oey's Symphony #1 was given its world premiere in 1997 by the Princeton Chamber Symphony when he was 10 years old and was performed in 1998 by the Orchestra London in Ontario.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship 2004 Winners". state.nj.us. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  2. "YOUNG COMPOSER AWARD RECIPIENTS 1979-2016" (PDF). ascap.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. "ON THE TOWNS". The New York Times. 23 November 1997. Retrieved 27 November 2018.


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