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Isaac Shieh

Horn

Trials

  • English National Ballet Philharmonic: 4th Horn (2024 – Present)
  • RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra: Section Principal Horn (2019 – 2022)
  • Le Concert Impromptu (France): Horn (2018)


Orchestral (* denotes work including principal/guest principal)

  • Australian Chamber Orchestra
  • Chromatica Orchestra (formerly Bath Festival Orchestra): Principal Horn No. 2* (2022 – Present)
  • Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra: Sub-Principal Horn (2022 – Present)
  • Britten Sinfonia
  • Chineke! Orchestra: Sub-Principal* (2020 – Present)
  • English Touring Opera Orchestra
  • Haydn Philharmonie (Austria – Hungary): 2nd Horn (2019 – 2021)
  • Luminaire Orchestra*
  • Melbourne Symphony Orchestra*
  • New London Orchestra*
  • Paraorchestra: Horn* (2021 – Present); Musician in Residence (2024 – 2025)
  • Shadwell Ensemble* (Nevill Holt Festival)
  • Welsh National Opera
  • Armonico Consort*
  • Croatian Baroque Ensemble*
  • Ensemble Cordia (Italy): 2nd Horn (2018 – 2019)
  • The Hanover Band*
  • Irish Baroque Orchestra*
  • Les Sieclès (France)* (including Festival Berlioz)
  • Le Cercle de l’Harmonie (France)
  • London Handel Orchestra
  • MusicAeterna (Russia)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment* (including Glyndebourne Festival)
  • Oxford Bach Soloists: Co-Principal* (2019 – 2023)


Chamber

  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Australian Festival of Chamber Music
  • Australian National Academy of Music
  • Chineke! Chamber Ensemble
  • Edinburgh International Festival (Richard Egarr and Friends)
  • I Fagiolini (Ryedale Festival)
  • Maverick Brass Quintet
  • Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (USA)
  • Roberts Institute of Art Presents: Simeon Barclay’s The Ruin
  • Ty Cerdd Codi Lead


Solo

  • Australian New Goldberg Orchestra (concerto)
  • Bloomsbury Festival (recital)
  • Dai Fujikura’s Aquarius (recording artist)
  • International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Evolution (USA) (remote recording)
  • London Chamber Orchestra (concerto)
  • Musica da Casa Menotti, Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi 66 (Italy) (recital)
  • Royal Academy of Music (recital)
  • Royal Welsh College Music and Drama Chamber Orchestra (concerto)
  • St-Martin-in-the-Fields (recital)


Session Work (* denotes work including Principal)

  • Chineke! Orchestra* (for BBC and Netflix)
  • Rosie Danvers*


Awards

  • Nancy Nuttall Early Music Prize (2020)
  • 3rd Prize Winner in 14th Jeju International Brass Competition (2019)
  • Winner of RWCMD Concerto Competition – Natural Horn (2018)
  • Athenaeum Club Instrumental Ensemble Prize (2016)
  • Winner of MCM Chamber Music Competition (2016)
  • Winner of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Brass Concerto Competition – Natural Horn (2016)
  • Associate in Music, Australia (2011)


Education

  • PhD: Royal Academy of Music, London (2020 – 2025)
  • Supervisor: Professor Neil Heyde
  • Professional Diploma: Royal Academy of Music, London (2019 – 2020)
  • Teacher: Roger Montgomery
  • MMus (Historical Performance): Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (2017 – 2019)
  • Teachers: Anneke Scott, Tim Thorpe, James Mildred
  • BMus (Performance): The University of Melbourne (2014 – 2016)
  • Teachers: Spiros Kessaris, Saul Lewis, Roman Ponomariov

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Instruments
Horn, Baroque Horn, Classical Horn, Natural Horn, Piston Horn, Tenor Horn (Eb), Vienna Horn, Wagner Tuba