Bernard Tan Tiong Gie (born 1943 in
Singapore) was educated at the
Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, the
University of Singapore (Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics, 1965) and
Oxford University (Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science, 1968). He is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK), Fellow of the
Institute of Physics (U.K), Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Singapore, and Fellow of
Trinity College of Music
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, London.
Academic career
Tan joined the then University of Singapore (now the
National University of Singapore
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) in 1968 as a lecturer in Physics and served first as Vice-Dean and then as
Dean of Science
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of the
Faculty of Science at NUS for 12 years from 1985 to 1997. He has also been Head of Physics, Acting Head of Music, and Associate Director of the Centre for Musical Activities and Dean of Students. Other appointments previously held by Tan are Chairman of the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) and the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS).
Bernard Tan's current research interests are in microwave solid-state properties and devices, digital musical analysis and synthesis, and directional perception of multiple sound sources. He has published over 85 papers in international peer-reviewed journals.
Musical career
As a composer, U.S. music publisher Neil Kjos has published a number of his choral works, and his Piano Concerto was premiered in January 2002 by the
Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO). In 2006, the SSO performed the world premier of his new Violin Concerto with violinist
Lynnette Seah
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Early life
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Other career
Tan also sits on the boards of k1 eBiz, the Singapore Symphonia Company and CSA Holdings, and is Chairman of Keppel Credit Union. He is Chairman of the
Singapore Arts Festival Steering Committee, the Singapore Youth Awards Science and Technology Advisory Committee and
Cadi Scientific
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. He is President of the Institute of Physics Singapore and Vice-President of the Singapore National Academy of Science.
He was also a former independent non-executive director of
Keppel Corporation from 2003 to 2015.
Awards and honours
Tan has been awarded the
Public Administration Medal (Silver), the
Public Service Medal, the
Public Service Star and the Public Service Star (Bar).
References
External links
Bernard Tan Faculty Web PageComposed Songs and Pieces
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21st-century classical composers
Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Singaporean composers
Singaporean classical musicians
Anglo-Chinese School alumni
Fellows of the Institute of Physics
National University of Singapore faculty
1943 births
Living people
Singaporean engineers
Male classical composers
Recipients of the Pingat Pentadbiran Awam
Recipients of the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat
21st-century male musicians