First concert of the 23/24 season...
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Love and Impression –
Liszt and Ravel
Anna Vienna Ho - Piano
Sunday September 3rd, 4pm
4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.
Born in Hong Kong, Anna Vienna Ho is a versatile musician who is a concert pianist, répétiteur, composer, singer and conductor rolled into one. She has worked 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 is currently an artist of Du Vert a L'infini Festival(France), Syntropy States(UK), RMN Classical (UK) and the Montpelier Arts Center Classical Recital(US).
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.
As a pianist, Anna has given solo recitals and performed in many concert venues 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". She 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.
Anna has also appeared frequently as a 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 the Accord International Music Competition, Holmfirth Musical Festival, Bristol Music Festival, Coulsdon and Purley Festival, and Basingstoke Music Festival, among others.
Anna's compositions include instrumental, vocal, electroacoustic, multi-media and operatic works, premiered worldwide 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"), Château du Fresne-Saint-Mamès("Sea Creatures in our Minds and Hearts"), among others.
https://annaviennaho.wixsite.com/pianosoprano
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.
As a pianist, Anna has given solo recitals and performed in many concert venues 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". She 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.
Anna has also appeared frequently as a 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 the Accord International Music Competition, Holmfirth Musical Festival, Bristol Music Festival, Coulsdon and Purley Festival, and Basingstoke Music Festival, among others.
Anna's compositions include instrumental, vocal, electroacoustic, multi-media and operatic works, premiered worldwide 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"), Château du Fresne-Saint-Mamès("Sea Creatures in our Minds and Hearts"), among others.
https://annaviennaho.wixsite.com/pianosoprano
Location
Acton Hill Church
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
We are on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Gunnersbury Lane, W3, opposite Acton police station. Ten minutes walk form Acton Town tube station – District (Ealing Broadway) and Piccadilly lines. Front main entrance is on Gunnersbury Lane, turn right and walk down to the T-junction, turn right and the church is a twenty yards on your right.
Parking in Morrisons’ car park diagonally opposite (up to 1 hour before 4pm and unlimited thereafter). Street parking on Steyne Road (opposite), limited parking in Woodlands Avenue down the side of the church. Beware of the dropped curb at the end as parking tickets are issued on Sundays! |