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 and
London Gay Symphony Orchestra among others. She has been
selected as an artist of Du Vert a L'infini
festival(France), RMN Classical(UK), Syntropy
States(UK), Cities and memory(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, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Association
Award, HKSAR Talent Development
Scholarship and more.
Anna was the
winner of numerous international piano competitions,
including Concours International Leopold Bellan, Rome
International Music Competition, Internationaler
Deutscher Irmler-Klavierwettbewerb 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, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and Hong
Kong City Hall. She has been frequently invited to
perform in different concert series, including Musica
del Cuore, Montpelier Arts Center Classical Recital,
CityU Arts Festival, Iris Axon Concert, CBSO Debussy
Festival, Birmingham Cathedral, Rugby Festival of
Culture and more. Besides performing as a soloist, she
has also worked as a repetiteur for Opera Novella,
Midland Opera, Welsh National Opera and Bel Canto
Singers.
Anna has also
appeared frequently as a vocalist. Passionate about
opera, she has performed regularly in productions across
Hong Kong and the UK with organisations including Musica
Viva, Opera In A Box, and the London Gay Symphony
Orchestra. She has sung the role of Giannetta in
L'elisir d'amore, Frasquita in Carmen, Lay Sister in
Suor Angelica, Geraldine in A Hand of Bridge, Helene in
Hin und Zurück, The Third Apparition in Macbeth and
Gherardino in Gianni Schicchi. 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, Basingstoke Music Festival among others.
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), 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" and "The
Trial of the Four"), Château du Fresne-Saint-Mamès("Sea
Creatures in our Minds and Hearts"), K622 Clarinet
ensemble("Inevitable" for clarinet quartet), among
others. She was the recipient of the Global Best
Creative Awards 2025.
An enthusiastic
educator, Anna has taught piano for many years and
worked as a conductor of choirs and orchestras, as well
as a vocal teacher for various music organisations and
schools. She has served as an examiner and piano
instructor at the Hong Kong International Institute of
Music (HKIIM), where she has been invited to lecture on
the regular choral course in the Diploma & Certificate
Music Programme, as well as on intensive courses such as
"Play by Memory for Pianists”, "Rach's Minimalism Piano
Workshop and Showcase", and "Serenity of Spring:
Minimalism Music Workshop and Showcase Concert" and
more. She has also adjudicated at the Hong Kong Schools
Vocal Arts Competition, Festival of Instrumental and
Vocal Arts International Music Competition, and Virtuozy
International Competition for Musicians. In 2026, Anna
was invited to lead a Piano Masterclass and lecture at
Juliette Music & Arts Academy, Klang Valley, Malaysia.
She is currently a lecturer at HKIIM and a conductor at
Yip’s Children’s Choir, as well as at several secondary
and primary schools. In addition, she is the
vice-chairperson and co-artistic director of Hong Kong
Opera Makers and a reviewer for the Radda Rise
Competitions and Achievement Festivals.
生於香港,何雅鈉以鋼琴家、作曲家、練唱指導、歌劇演員和指揮等多個身份活躍於音樂界,合作過的團體包括威爾斯國家歌劇院、伯明翰歌劇公司、倫敦Tête
à Tête歌劇節、新星歌劇團、倫敦奧莉安娜合唱團及倫敦愉快交響樂團等。她現為法國Du
Vert a L'infini音樂節、英國
Syntropy States, RMN Classical和美國蒙彼利埃藝術中心古典獨奏會系列的藝術家。何氏在香港浸會大學取得音樂文學士(榮譽)學位後,以優異成績於英國皇家伯明翰音樂學院獲得鋼琴演奏音樂碩士學位及該學院最高級的演奏家專業文憑,在學期間獲得多個獎學金。
何氏曾獲得多個本地和國際鋼琴比賽的首獎,當中包括巴黎貝朗國際音樂比賽、羅馬國際音樂大賽、德國歐米勒國際鋼琴公開賽、舒曼國際青少年鋼琴大賽、威爾斯阿伯加文尼藝術節等。作為一名活躍的鋼琴家,她曾在不同地方舉行獨奏會,並在各個音樂會中擔任鋼琴獨奏,包括亞洲和歐洲的主要音樂會場地,如皇家阿爾伯特音樂廳、伯明翰市政廳、羅馬音樂公園禮堂、東京歌劇城音樂廳和香港大會堂等。此外,何氏亦為一名經驗豐富的鋼琴伴奏,曾與不同的演奏家、歌唱家、合唱團和樂團合作。她曾擔任密德蘭歌劇團、新星歌劇團、威爾斯國家歌劇院和美聲匯的練唱指導。
何氏熱愛歌劇,常參演香港及海外的製作,合作團體包括非凡美樂、英國盒子歌劇團、倫敦愉快交響樂團等。何氏曾演出的角色包括唐尼采蒂《愛情靈藥》的珍娜達、比才《卡門》的弗拉絲姬塔、普契尼《修女安潔莉卡》的俗世修女、巴伯《一局橋牌》的嬌拉汀、亨德密特《來回》的海倫、普契尼《強尼•史基基》的小蓋拉爾和威爾第《馬克白》的幽靈等,其他參演的歌劇涵蓋巴洛克時期到現代,包括莫扎特、美聲時期及真實主義等不同風格的作品。何氏曾於多個音樂節的聲樂比賽中奪冠,包括霍姆弗斯音樂節、紐卡斯爾安德萊姆音樂節、朗威爾格林與金斯伍德表演藝術節和東格林斯特德音樂藝術節等。
何氏的作品涵蓋器樂獨奏、聲樂、室樂和歌劇作品,於世界各地首演,包括:弦樂四重奏《行林者》(香港電台「音樂新一代」)
、合唱作品《無限閃耀的天堂》(倫敦奧里亞娜合唱團)
、歌劇《如來與大聖》、《江流兒》、《剛鬣》和《四聖試禪心》(Tête
à Tête
當代歌劇節)
、音樂項目「It Gets Lighter
From Here」(伯明翰歌劇公司)
及低音長笛獨奏《費多拉帽》(「十五分鐘成名」)、《勢》
(K622 Clarinet Ensembles)等。她的聲音藝術作品《密碼》被英國Cities
and Memory、德國
HIFMB 海洋生物多樣性研究所和
AWI 極地和海洋研究中心揀選並收錄於《Polar
Sounds》專輯内,以探討通過藝術可以理解和重新詮釋極地海洋的多種方式;她的聲音藝術作品《動態清零》於盧森堡、美國和蘇格蘭廣播,並於香港及英國的多個藝術展覽中展出。此外,何氏亦與Syntropy
States的其他藝術家合作,以透過藝術、音樂、呼吸和放鬆來促進社會健康為目標創作新作品。
何氏對教學充滿熱誠,擁有多年的鋼琴教學經驗,並曾在多個音樂機構和學校擔任聲樂導師、合唱團和管弦樂團指揮,全情投入於音樂教育和合唱指揮工作。她多次帶領樂團及歌劇演員於不同的音樂節演出、亦曾帶領學生到老人院、社區中心、商場等場地演出。何氏曾任香港國際音樂學校的考官和鋼琴導師,並受邀在文憑及證書音樂課程的常規合唱課程及短期鋼琴課程中授課。她亦曾擔任Virtuozy國際音樂比賽、器樂與聲樂藝術節國際音樂比賽和香港校際聲藝比賽等多個音樂比賽的評判。2026年,何氏受邀在馬來西亞的朱麗葉音樂藝術學院舉辦鋼琴大師班並進行講座。何氏現為香港國際音樂學校的講師、葉氏兒童合唱團及多所中學和小學擔任指揮。她也是香港歌劇人的副主席兼聯合藝術總監,以及拉達拉斯國際比賽及成就節的評審員。