YING HO PIANIST
Ying Ho has performed as soloist and chamber musician across Australia, England, Europe, Israel, China, and America. A recipient of the prestigious Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music International Scholarship, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Tatiana Sarkissova, at the Universität der Künste in Berlin with Jacques Rouvier, and the Sydney Conservatorium with Dr Paul Rickard-ford.
Ying won multiple prizes and scholarships during her studies including the Else Cross (Brahms) Prize and the Maud Hornby Memorial Prize from the Royal Academy in London, the Kathleen and Allison Short Memorial Scholarship, the John and Dorothy Vimpani Scholarship, and the Sonya Hanke Memorial Prize from the Sydney Conservatorium.
As a concerto soloist, Ying won First Prize at the Kawai Australasian Youth Concerto Competition and at the Sydney Conservatorium Concerto Competition. She has worked with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Youth Orchestra, the Western Australian Youth Orchestra, and the Kuringai Philharmonic. As a chamber musician, she performed in festivals including the Prussia Cove International Musicians Seminar in England, the Lausanne Academie de Musique in Switzerland, the Estivo Chamber Music Festival in Verona, Italy, and at the Mimir Chamber Music Festival in Fort Worth, Texas. She performs regularly with the Sydney Symphony Fellows, and has appeared in masterclasses for Vladimir Ashkenazy, Maxim Vengerov, Pinchas Zukerman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Edgar Meyer and James Ehnes.
In 2008, Ying spent a year in Jerusalem where she was on the faculty of the Edward Said Conservatory of Music. She gave concerts in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Haifa and Nazareth, and conducted the Conservatory's orchestra in Bach's Keyboard Concerto.
Ying regularly performs at major venues across Australia including the Sydney Opera House, the City Recital Hall, the Melbourne Recital Centre, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and has appeared for Tasmanian Virtuosi, Musica Viva Countrywide and at the Musica Viva Festival.
Ying is currently Head of Keyboard at MLC School in Sydney.
