Supervillain Études, Vol.1
by Vincent Ho | Piano
by Vincent Ho | Piano
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Vincent Ho (1975)<br />
Born in Ontario, Canada, Vincent Ho began his musical training at Canada’s Royal<br />
Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where he received an Associate Diploma in Piano<br />
Performance in 1993. Mentored by a series of composers including Allan Bell, David<br />
Eagle, Christos Hatzis, Walter Buczynski, and Stephen Hartke, Ho gained degrees from the<br />
University of Calgary and the University of Toronto, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the<br />
University of Southern California. While still an undergraduate student, Ho was awarded<br />
a scholarship to attend the Schola Cantorum Summer Composition Program in Paris,<br />
France, where he received tuition from faculty of the Juilliard School of Music and the Paris<br />
Conservatoire.<br />
Ho sprang to prominence in 1999, when he received prizes for his first string quartet and his<br />
piano work Three Scenes of Childhood, and an audience prize for the latter in the Toronto New<br />
Music Festival. String Quartet No.1 received further recognition nearly a decade later when<br />
it was nominated ‘Best Classical Composition of the Year’ in the Western Canadian Music<br />
Awards following its release on CD.<br />
Ongoing commissions have provided opportunities for Ho to produce many notable works<br />
for orchestra, including Nighthawks (2000), Dragon Realms (2006), Red Zen (2008) and<br />
Fallen Angel: In Memoriam Richard D’Amore (2008). Most significant is his Arctic Symphony<br />
(2010), a work inspired by a trip to the Arctic, which has been described as ‘a mature and<br />
atmospheric work that firmly establishes Ho among North American composers of note’<br />
(Winnipeg Free Press).<br />
Ho was Composer in Residence with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra from 2007 through<br />
2014, enabling him to complete three concertos in two years for renowned soloists such<br />
as Dame Evelyn Glennie and Shauna Rolston. Glennie commissioned and premiered The<br />
Shaman (2011) and From Darkness to Light: A Spiritual Journey (2013). City Suite (2012), for<br />
amplified solo cello and orchestra, was premiered by Rolston. In 2017 Centrediscs released<br />
PE214 – iii
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