BIOGRAPHY

Recognised for his remarkable versatility in opera, ballet, and symphonic conducting, Amos Chiya has worked professionally with opera theatres, ballet companies and orchestras in more than 25 countries, including recent appearances in Japan, U.S.A., U.K, Mexico, Spain, France, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, and Russia. Chiya was also a guest conductor at several music festivals, including the Spring Festival in Tokyo, International Musical Olympus Festival, Estivals de Musique en Medoc, and the Singapore International Festival of Music, and the first Singaporean conductor invited to conduct Verdi’s Aida and Rigoletto at the Lkhasaran Linkhovoin Opera Festival in Russia in 2019. Dedicated to regional revitalization, he also helped to establish the Kurahashi East-West Music Festival in Japan in 2023.

Chiya won the first prize at the 2nd St. Petersburg Open International Conducting Competition, the 2nd and 3rd FJ Benjamin-Singapore Symphony Orchestra award for conducting, and was a winner at the 5th Ilya Musin International Competition for Young Conductors, where he was awarded the Ilya Musin medal. He was also selected by Riccardo Muti to work with him on the operas of Verdi in Tokyo for 2019/2021, where he made his debut in Tokyo with Macbeth and also conducted Rigoletto. Early on in his career, he was assistant conductor to Yan Pascal Tortelier with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic, assistant conductor of the Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre, regular guest conductor of the Buryat Opera and Ballet Theatre, regular guest conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre North Ossetia-Alania, and conductor and advisor of the Hirodai Symphony Orchestra.

Chiya studied music composition and piano performance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire, and operatic, symphonic, and choral conducting at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He also completed his PhD at Hiroshima University, specialising in human-cultural geography and sustainability, and published multiple works in sociomusicology, environmental law and governance, applied linguistics, tourism studies, arts management, and music performance. He is currently principal conductor of the Higashihiroshima Kurara Symphony Orchestra (Higashihiroshima Arts and Culture Hall Kurara), principal guest conductor and artistic advisor of the Hiroshima Tafel Orchestra, chief conductor of the Eudaimonia Orchestra, and a lecturer in music, ethics, and research design.

March 2026