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Born in Hong Kong, Anna Vienna Ho is a versatile musician who has worked as a concert pianist, répétiteur, composer, opera singer and conductor for a number of music organizations, including Welsh National Opera, Birmingham Opera Company, Tête à Tête Opera Festival, Opera Novella, London Oriana Choir, London Gay Symphony Orchestra and Bel Canto Singers among others. She has been selected as a Du Vert a L'infini festival Artist, Syntropy Artist and the Montpelier Arts Center Classical Recital Artist.

 

Anna gained an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma and a Master of Music in Piano Performance with distinction from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Music from Hong Kong Baptist University. She was a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including Malcolm John Bullock Memorial Trust Award, Birmingham Conservatoire Association Award and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire International Students Scholarship, HKSAR  Talent Development Scholarship and more.

 

Anna was the winner of numerous international piano competitions, including Concours International Leopold Bellan, Rome International Music Competition, International Robert Schumann Klavier Welttbert, Internationaler Deutscher Irmler-Klavierwettbewerb, International Moscow Music Competition, London Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition and Abergavenny Eisteddfod Y Fenni among others. As a pianist, Anna has given solo recitals and performed in many concert venue in Asia and Europe, including Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, Parco della Musica and Hong Kong City Hall. Besides performing as a soloist, Anna is also an experienced collaborative pianist who has performed in various chamber recitals and collaborated with many choirs and orchestras. She has also worked as a repetiteur for Opera Novella, Midland Opera and Welsh National Opera. Her recent engagements include Bel Canto Singers production "My Beloved" and RhapsoArts production"Kungfood".

 

Anna has also appeared frequently as vocalist. Passionate about opera, Anna has sung the role of Giannetta in L'elisir d'amore(Musica Viva), Third Apparition in Macbeth(Opera In A Box) and Gherardino in Gianni Schicchi(London Gay Symphony Orchestra); Norma, La Traviata, La Bohème, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci(Midland Opera); Lucia di Lammermoor and Amahl and the Night Visitors(Musica Viva); Suor Angelica(Random Opera); Don Pasquale(Opera Novella). She was the prize winner of several music festivals, including Accord International Music Competition, Holmfirth Musical Festival, Bristol Music Festival,Coulsdon and Purley Festival, Basingstoke Music Festival among others.

Anna Vienna Ho

Pianist/Soprano/Composer

​AdvPgDip in Professional Performance (RBC)

MMus in Piano Performance (RBC)​

BA (Hons) in Music (HKBU), LTCL (Piano)

Anna's compositions include instrumental, vocal, electroacoustic, multi-media and operatic works, which were premiered around the world by various musicians. She has collaborated and was commissioned by many organizations, including the New Generation 2014("The Forester", for String Quartet), London Oriana Choir("The Infinite Shining Heavens" for SATB choir), Birmingham Opera Company("It Gets Lighter From Here" digital project), Animal Hope Varna(promotion videos collaborated with Bulgarian Artist Tatiana Arsova), David Bohn's Twenty Seconds of 2020 project("Chase", for solo Clavietta), Fifteen Minutes of Fame project("Fedora", for solo bass flute), Tête à Tête Opera Festival("Buddha and the Monkey King", "The Monk of the River" & "The Monster of Gao Village"), Château du Fresne-Saint-Mamès("Sea Creatures in our Minds and Hearts"), among others.

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