Tom Lane is a composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Bristol in 1984, he studied music at Balliol College Oxford. Following his graduation, he studied for a Masters of Music in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London under the supervision of Professor Philip Cashian, graduating in 2007 with Distinction. During this time he was also a choral scholar at St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. From 2007-2009 Tom received a Hanseatic Scholarship for Britons from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S. which enabled him to study for two years at the University of the Arts, Berlin. Here he studied composition and experimental music theatre with Professor Daniel Ott and Professor Manos Tsangaris, and received the title of “Meisterschüler”. From 2009-2012 Tom worked as a Lay Vicar Choral in the choir of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, as well as privately as a harmony and counterpoint teacher.
Lane’s works have been widely performed by a variety of prestigious ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers, the Arditti String Quartet and the Oxford Philomusica Orchestra. His opera “Abenteuer im Einrichtungshaus” was premiered in Berlin in March 2009 and went on to receive further performances directed by Rebecca Lea under the title of “Flatpack, an Opera in IKEA” in IKEA’s Wembley Store in London in June 2009. The opera had a run of Berlin revival performances in October 2009 and was also performed in the Hamburg Design Museum in February 2010 as part of the FENOMEN IKEA exhibition. A revised and extended version of FLATPACK was performed to great critical acclaim in September 2012 as part of the Dublin Absolut Fringe directed by Conor Hanratty.
Recent work includes composition for Annie Ryan's new production of The White Devil at Shakespeare's Globe and The Corn Exchange's production of The Seagull at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2016. In 2015 he composed music for Romeo and Juliet at the Gate Theatre and Oedipus at the Abbey Theatre as part of the 2015 Dublin Theatre Festival (nominated for best sound design by the Irish Times Theatre Awards). In 2015 Tom also worked with Rob Moloney to create a new score for Ballet Ireland's acclaimed production of Coppélia choreographed and directed by Morgann Runacre-Temple. Notable performances in 2014 included HARP | a river cantata as part of the Tiger Dublin Fringe and Twelfth Night directed by Wayne Jordan at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. His work on Between Trees and Water with Painted Bird Productions was nominated for an Irish Times theatre award for best sound design. In 2013 Tom composed the music for Collapsing Horse Theatre's acclaimed production Human Child as well as performing in and creating music for Break by HotForTheatre.
In October 2012 Tom Lane began studying for a PhD in composition for theatre at University College Cork as the inaugural recipient of the Seán Ó Riada PhD scholarship.
Lane’s works have been widely performed by a variety of prestigious ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers, the Arditti String Quartet and the Oxford Philomusica Orchestra. His opera “Abenteuer im Einrichtungshaus” was premiered in Berlin in March 2009 and went on to receive further performances directed by Rebecca Lea under the title of “Flatpack, an Opera in IKEA” in IKEA’s Wembley Store in London in June 2009. The opera had a run of Berlin revival performances in October 2009 and was also performed in the Hamburg Design Museum in February 2010 as part of the FENOMEN IKEA exhibition. A revised and extended version of FLATPACK was performed to great critical acclaim in September 2012 as part of the Dublin Absolut Fringe directed by Conor Hanratty.
Recent work includes composition for Annie Ryan's new production of The White Devil at Shakespeare's Globe and The Corn Exchange's production of The Seagull at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2016. In 2015 he composed music for Romeo and Juliet at the Gate Theatre and Oedipus at the Abbey Theatre as part of the 2015 Dublin Theatre Festival (nominated for best sound design by the Irish Times Theatre Awards). In 2015 Tom also worked with Rob Moloney to create a new score for Ballet Ireland's acclaimed production of Coppélia choreographed and directed by Morgann Runacre-Temple. Notable performances in 2014 included HARP | a river cantata as part of the Tiger Dublin Fringe and Twelfth Night directed by Wayne Jordan at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. His work on Between Trees and Water with Painted Bird Productions was nominated for an Irish Times theatre award for best sound design. In 2013 Tom composed the music for Collapsing Horse Theatre's acclaimed production Human Child as well as performing in and creating music for Break by HotForTheatre.
In October 2012 Tom Lane began studying for a PhD in composition for theatre at University College Cork as the inaugural recipient of the Seán Ó Riada PhD scholarship.
