Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards

Inaugurated in 2009 with the generous support of the Tan Ean Kiam Foundation, the Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards celebrates artistic excellence in NUS, and recognises significant contributions to the arts and arts management at NUS CFA, the University and the wider community. Added:

After two years of COVID-19 induced uncertainty, the 13th Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards finally returned in person to honour the best of our campus arts groups and their commitment in bringing the arts on campus to life. Read more here.

Application has closed for Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards 2023. For enquiries, please contact cfaprogrammes@nus.edu.sg.

Past recipients

2022

CATEGORY NAME
Production of the Year Incandescent – A City that Never Sleeps (NUS Dance Synergy)
Digital Production of the Year (Long Form) Kiwaad (NUS Naach)
Digital Production of the Year (Short Form) Tak Lurus (NUS Dance Blast)
Group of the Year ExxonMobil Campus Concerts Crew
Student of the Year Tan E-Reng (NUS Electronic Music Lab)
Original Work of the Year Confluence (Sangamam) (NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble)
Outstanding Community Service of the Year Helping Hands, Moving Bodies 2.0 (NUS Dance Synergy)

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2021

CATEGORY NAME
Production of the Year Past . Presence . Future . (NUS Dance Ensemble)
Production of the Year (Digital Long Form) Blindspot (NUS Chinese Drama)
Production of the Year (Digital Short Form) Dhi (NUS Indian Dance)
Group of the Year ExxonMobil Campus Concerts Crew
Student of the Year Coco Yau Xin Yue (NUS Dance Synergy)
Original Work of the Year Original Soundtrack to Past . Presence . Future . (NUS Electronic Music Lab)
Outstanding Community Service Point & Shoot 2020: 55-Hour Short Film Challenge (nuSTUDIOS Film Productions)

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2020

Not held due to disruptions from Covid-19 pandemic

2019

CATEGORY

NAME
Production of the Year 28 (NUS Indian Dance)
Group of the Year NUS Symphony Orchestra
Student of the Year Brandon Francis Koh Zhi Yong (ExxonMobil Campus Concerts Crew)

Gan Shi Yong, Thomas (NUS Chinese Orchestra)
Original Work of the Year The Child Who Loved Numbers (NUS Chinese Drama)
Outstanding Alumnus Adib Ridzuan bin Mohamad Roslan (NUS Ilsa Tari)
Outstanding Community Service Project Youtherly (NUS Dance Synergy)

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Artgraphy

2018

CATEGORY

NAME
Production of the Year I Am (NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble)
Group of the Year The NUSChoir
Student of the Year Yeo Xin Hao, Faculty of Science (NUS Wind Symphony)
Original Work of the Year Music Production for The City Remembers by Shawn Pek, Elyas Fadhillah Goh, Neil Brian Narido Labayna, Germaine Ha Yu Xia, Erik Dao, Tang Yurou, Kieu Hoang Kien (NUS Electronic Music Lab)
Alumnus of the Year Koh Swee Jin (NUS Alumni Orchestra)
Outstanding Community Service Award Project Youtherly (NUS Dance Synergy)

2017

CATEGORY

NAME
Production of the Year Remember When, NUS Arts Festival 2017 Opening Show (NUS Dance Ensemble)
Group of the Year NUS Wind Symphony
CFA Honours Award Poh Zi Yang, School of Design & Environment (NUS Symphony Orchestra)
Student of the Year Chan Hsin Yee, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (NUS Dance Synergy)
Original Work of the Year 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Performance, by Chan Hsin Yee, Shawn Pek & Bryan Tan (NUS Dance Synergy & NUS Electronic Music Lab)
Alumnus of the Year Jasper Wong, School of Business (NUS Dance Blast!)
Sillathur Ramasamy Arunkumar, Faculty of Engineering (NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble)
Outstanding Community Service Award The NUSChoir Community Outreach Project (The NUSChoir)

2016

CATEGORY

NAME
Outstanding Community Service Award Corporate Social Integration (NUS Dance Synergy)
Original Work of the Year Inter/Change, by Brandon Lum & Beverly Goh (NUS Electronic Music Lab & NUS Chinese Orchestra)
Student of the Year Elaine Ng, School of Business (NUS Chinese Dance)
Group of the Year NUS Symphony Orchestra
Production of the Year space. time. mind., NUS Arts Festival 2016 Opening Show (NUS Chinese Dance)
Alumnus of the Year Melinda Tan, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (nuSTUDIOS Film Productions)
Harris Ang, Faculty of Science (The NUSChoir)

2015

CATEGORY

NAME
Alumnus of the Year Wang Jin Yao, Faculty of Engineering (NUS Lion Dance)
Student of the Year Poh Zi Yang, School of Design & Environment (NUS Symphony Orchestra)
Group of the Year NUS Ilsa Tari
Production of the Year Temasek Berbisik – Whispers of Temasek (NUS Ilsa Tari)
CFA Honours Award Tong Miin, Faculty of Law (NUS Jazz Band)
Original Work of the Year Beware the Dragon, by Kester Tan (NUS Electronic Music Lab)

2014

CATEGORY

NAME
Alumnus of the Year Irdawati Binte Roslan, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (NUS Ilsa Tari)
Nur Farahin Binte Salleh, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (NUS Ilsa Tari)
Lim Zi Kai, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (NUS Harmonica Orchestra)
Student of the Year Goh Hui Hua, Faculty of Law (NUS Dance Blast!)
Group of the Year The NUSChoir
Production of the Year Traces (NUS Dance Synergy)
Selamatkan Bumiku – Bumi Merekah … Langit Membelah (Save My Earth) (NUS Ilsa Tari)
CFA Honours Award Erin Tan Hie, Faculty of Science (ExxonMobil Campus Concerts Crew, NUS Chinese Orchestra, NUS Piano Ensemble)

2013

CATEGORY

NAME
Alumnus of the Year Gillian Goh, Faculty of Science (NUS Dance Synergy)
He Xiao, Faculty of Engineering (NUS Chinese Drama)
Sum Yin Ngai, Faculty of Science (NUS Piano Ensemble)
Student of the Year Gu Shimin, Faculty of Engineering (NUS Piano Ensemble)
Koh Swee Jin, School of Design & Environment (NUS Symphony Orchestra)
Lim Min, Faculty of Engineering (NUS Chinese Dance)
Group of the Year NUS Symphony Orchestra
Production of the Year Mirror.Moon (NUS Chinese Dance)

2012

CATEGORY

NAME
Alumni of the Year Koh Hong Yap Kelvin (NUS Dance Synergy)
Aparna Nambiar (NUS Indian Dance)
Low Thiam Eng Terence (NUS Symphony Orchestra)
Meera Gurumurty (NUS Indian Dance)
Mohamed Adyll Hardy bin Mohamed Yusof (The NUSChoir)
Linda Zhong Yi (NUS Rondalla)
Student of the Year Teo Wei Hong, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (NUS Chinese Dance)
Wang Liansheng (ExxonMobil Campus Concerts Crew)
Group of the Year NUS Chinese Dance
Production of the Year NUS Arts Festival 2012: Hereafter (NUS Dance Synergy)

2011

CATEGORY

NAME
Alumni of the Year Cheng Pei Yun (NUS Symphony Orchestra)
Ma Yanling (NUS Dance Ensemble)
Sim Wei Xian Andrew (NUS Chinese Orchestra)
Zuraini Binte Abdul Hamid (NUS Ilsa Tari)
Student of the Year Chin Hui Min (NUS Chinese Dance)
Shiv Tandan (NUS Stage)
(Honourable Mention) Lay Yi Fei (NUS Harmonica Orchestra)
Luan Haoran (NUS Chinese Drama)
Production of the Year Anweshana III – The search for Nalanda (NUS Indian Dance)
Group of the Year Award NUS Harmonica Orchestra

2010

CATEGORY

NAME
Student of the Year Carynl Tan (NUS Stage)
Alumni of the Year Cheong Wee Gee, Faculty of Engineering (NUS Harmonica Orchestra)
Goh Huai Zhi, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences & School of Medicine (The NUSChoir)
Lim Xiao Yun Yuki, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (NUS Chinese Dance)
Ng Kiang Loong, Faculty of Engineering (NUS Dance Synergy)
Student of the Year Leonard Augustine Choo (NUS Dance Synergy)
Production of the Year Fitrah – Nature of the Self (NUS Ilsa Tari)
Group of the Year NUS Symphony Orchestra

2009

CATEGORY

NAME
Alumni of the Year Ow Leong San (NUS Guitar Ensemble)
Ong Wee Meng (NUS Harmonica Orchestra)
Kiran Kumar (NUS Indian Dance)
Ian Lum (NUS Wind Symphony)
Adrian Lo (NUS Electronic Music Lab)
Student of the Year Khalid Bin Supandi (NUS Ilsa Tari)
Anirban Sen (ExxonMobil Campus Concerts Crew)
Production of the Year Sun Day (NUS Chinese Drama & NUS Stage)
Group of the Year NUS Symphony Orchestra