Joshua Tan was 2nd Prize winner of the Mitropoulos International Competition, first recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Prize from the Juilliard School, Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, Young Artist Award Singapore, NAC-Shell and the SSO/ MOE Scholarship. For an unprecedented two years running, his performances of Bernstein’s Mass and Donizetti’s Don Pasquale were selected by the Straits Times as the best classical concert of the year in 2018 and 2019. Joshua has conducted the Mariinsky Theatre, Beethoven Bonn, Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Orchestra National des Pays des la Loire, Sapporo Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestras amongst others. His vast repertory encompasses symphonic, operatic, ballet, film and multimedia works. Presently Principal Conductor of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra and Director of the Asia Virtuosi. He has served successful stints as Resident Conductor of the National Centre for the Performing Arts NCPA (China) Orchestra , Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Principal Conductor of the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he studied with James DePreist and Charles Dutoit.