Theodore Tavi Hein (b. 2009) is a composer-performer from New Jersey, who believes in the transformative power of music. Theo believes that music and the arts can affect positive change for individuals and communities. His work explores social issues, themes of nature, the human condition, identity, and heritage through a musical narrative that draws upon a wide range of inspiration, including art, film, theater, literature, and poetry. Theo’s work has been performed or read by ensembles in the NYC area and Europe, including the Harmonium Choral Society, the Dolphins Quartet, the Frahm-Lewis Trio, the Charles Ives Music Festival Professional and Percussion Ensembles, the International Sommer Musik Akademie and Festival in Germany, the New Thread Quartet, Mannes College faculty and students with Mannes Prep and more. Theo also performs his own piano and vocal works with several premieres in area festivals and at Mannes Prep. Theodore Tavi Hein is the winner of the 2026 Harmonium Choral Society Choral Composition Student Competition for his choral setting of Sara Teasdale’s poem Spring in War-Time, the 2025 and 2026 winner of the MEA-NJ Eric Steiner Original Composition Competition for his original solo piano works, and a 2026 Musical Life Foundation Composer-in-Residence award for his solo piano work Anxiety: A Piece Inspired by Rashid Johnson’s Untitled Audience, which Theo premiered at the Guggenheim Museum. In 2026, Theo premiered his original solo piano work The Infinite Threshold: A Piece Inspired by Szelit Cheung’s Edge V, at the Fou Gallery NYC. As a selected participant in the Juilliard-trained Dolphins String Quartet’s 2026 Young Composers Program, Theo had his latest string quartet, Poem for the Forgotten, performed at the Juilliard School. Theo studies composition with Steven Christopher Sacco, piano with Tatjana Rankovich, and voice with Daniel Neer at Mannes Prep, the preparatory division of the Mannes College of Music in NYC. Other notable teachers currently include Meng Wang and Carlo Valte. www.theodoretavihein.com