Press & Interviews
Explore interviews, profiles and selected media coverage about Carey Tan, including conversations about his music, performances and creative ideas.
Gramophone: Video of the Day | Carey Tan performs his Third Symphony, 'The Rise and Fall of AI Humanity' at Cadogan Hall
Gramophone selected Carey Tan’s Symphony No. 3, The Rise and Fall of AI Humanity, III Nature and the Universe, as its Video of the Day. The performance, recorded at Cadogan Hall during Brothers in Harmony, featured the Philharmia Orchestra under Geoffrey Paterson. The article highlighted Carey, 13, as a British composer and multi-instrumentalist exploring AI, nature, civilisation, war, and the human spirit through music.
BBC World Service Newshour: Carey Tan on AI, Creativity and the Human Soul
Carey’s interview starts at 48:48. In this interview, 13-year-old Carey Tan discusses how artificial intelligence may change society, why human creativity and emotion cannot be replaced by machines, and how music can express the deeper questions of humanity, nature and the human soul.
BBC Radio 4 Today: Carey Tan Discusses AI, Music and the Brothers in Harmony Tour
Carey’s interview starts at 2:52:21. In this interview, 13-year-old Carey Tan shares his thoughts on the age of artificial intelligence: technology may bring convenience, but it cannot replace human creativity, emotion, connection with nature or the expression of the soul. He also discusses why music remains an important human language for facing the future and understanding the world.
Meet the Artist: For me, success is when music creats a genuine connection between people and reaches something deep within them.
On 3 September 2026, thirteen-year-old composer Carey Tan was featured in Meet the Artist, the UK classical music interview platform founded by Frances Wilson in 2012. The series has interviewed nearly 1,800 musicians, composers and conductors. Carey is its youngest composer to date, reflecting growing recognition of his music, artistic ideas and distinctive compositional voice.
