Amos Chiya

Biography

Dr. Amos Chiya is a multiple award-winning professional conductor, composer, and pianist. He studied composition and piano at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London and holds postgraduate and advanced degrees from the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (Russia). As a conductor, he has worked with opera theatres, ballet companies, and orchestras in countries such as Japan, U.S.A., U.K, Mexico, Iceland, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Finland, Kazakhstan, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, and Russia. He was also awarded a scholarship to study medicine in Russia, trained in environmental law under a mentorship with Prof. Emer. Koh Kheng Lian (National University of Singapore) and subsequently served as a Representative for Music and Culture on the International Council of Environmental Law.

After conducting extensively for more than a decade, he took a step back from conducting to focus on academic research and teaching. He holds a PhD from the TAOYAKA program at Hiroshima University, focusing on human geography, arts and event management, sustainability and regional revitalization, and was previously a Research Fellow (Sustainability Science), Next-Generation Research Fellow, and Teaching Fellow (Communication) at Hiroshima University. He continues to maintain artistic partnerships and advisory roles with orchestras in Japan, and abroad.