Alice Ping Yee Ho (Chinese: 何冰頤; pinyin: Hé Bīngyí; b. 1960) is a Canadian pianist and composer, considered to be "among the most important composers writing in this country".
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She was born in Hong Kong and earned a ]Bachelor of Music
A Bachelor of Music (BMus; sometimes conferred as Bachelor of Musical Arts) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. The degree may be awarded for performance, music ed ...
in composition from Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...
and a Master of Music
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in composition from the University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...
. She has studied with John Beckwith, Brian Ferneyhough
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and John Eaton John Eaton may refer to:
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Ho performed a solo piano recital for CBC Radio 2
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. Her works have been featured at music festivals including the ISCM World Music Days
The ISCM World Music Days is an annual contemporary music festival organized by the International Society for Contemporary Music, originally created in 1923 as the ISCM Festival as a means to support the most advanced composition tendencies. , Ottawa Chamberfest, the CRUSH New Music Festival in Denmark and Asian Music Week in Japan.
Her work has been performed by ensembles and solo performers including the China National Symphony Orchestra The China National Symphony Orchestra (; abbreviated CNSO) is China's national orchestra.
It was founded as the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China (CPOC) in 1956 under the baton of the conductor Li Delun. In 1996, it was restructured and rena ...
, Polish Radio Choir, the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, the Esprit Orchestra
The Esprit Orchestra is an orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that is dedicated to the performance of new orchestral works. It was established in 1983 by music director and conductor Alex Pauk, and is Canada's only full-sized orchestra d ...
, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1906, the TSO gave regular concerts at Massey Hall until 1982, and since then has performed at Roy Thomson Hall. The TSO also manages the Toron ...
, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founded in 1947, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at the Centennial Concert Hall. Including travelling performances, the WSO presents an average of ...
, the Victoria Symphony, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Nieuw Ensemble
The Nieuw Ensemble (; English: New Ensemble) was a Dutch musical ensemble. Having worked in the field of new music for almost four decades, it had to came to a halt at the end of 2019.
The ensemble was founded in 1980 in Amsterdam and it had a ...
, the Penderecki String Quartet
The Penderecki String Quartet is a string quartet, founded in 1986, now based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
History
The original members of the string quartet started in Poland as the New Szymanowski Quartet. In 1986 they won the Krzysztof Pende ...
, violist Rivka Golani and percussionists Sumire Yoshihara and Beverley Johnston.[
Ho was nominated for a ]Juno Award
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in 2015 and 2018.[
She is married to Chan Ka Nin, a composer and University of Toronto Professor Emeritus. The couple live in ]Toronto
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References
External links
Official site
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1960 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian classical pianists
21st-century Canadian women pianists
Canadian classical composers
Indiana University alumni
University of Toronto alumni
Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
Canadian women classical composers