Biography

Anak Baiharn is a composer with a fascination for a diverse array of musical styles. His creative passion encompasses electronic music, noise, jazz, spectralism, rock, and minimalism. Anak has participated in and been selected to collaborate with various ensembles, festivals, and organizations, as well as has taken part in competitions such as  the 31st Young Composers Meeting (Orkest De Ereprijs Commission Prize Winner 2025), Red Note Music Composition Competition (Finalist 2025 Chamber cat.), OSSIA New Music Call for Works (Winner 2024), Bang On a Can Summer Music Festival (with support from ASCAP and Commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting), Arditti Quartet, June in Buffalo, Score Follower (Spring 2024), Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Florida State University Festival of New Music, TACETi Ensemble, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Thailand Techno Orchestra, Borneo Ensemble, Triphens (---) Ensemble, Gusto Saxophone Quartet, Wind Band Association of Singapore (composition competition finalist 2019), Manila Composers Lab, New Opera Singapore, Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, and the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music International Symposium. 

As a recipient of the Samuel Adler Scholarship, Anak is pursuing a Master of Arts in Composition at Eastman School of Music with a full scholarship. He is currently studying in Dr. Evis Sammoutis' studio. Alongside his studies, Anak holds an assistant position at the Electroacoustic Music Studios @ Eastman (EMuSE) under the direction of Dr. Mikel Kuehn. Anak earned a Bachelor of Music in composition from the College of Music, Mahidol University, where he studied with Narong Prangcharoen and Jason Thorpe Buchanan. 

Anak is the founder of the Thai-based student-run Triphens (---) Ensemble, established in 2023.