Concert Pianist & Distinguished Piano Teacher

Steinway Top Teacher Award Recipient

Piano Competition Adjudicator • Juilliard Postgraduate Studies

For serious and motivated students who want to develop their piano playing to a high level.

"A Distinguished Pianistic Tradition"

Sylvia Ho studied with Alexander Fiorillo, a protégé of Vladimir Horowitz, and Josef Raieff, who studied with Artur Schnabel and other distinguished masters.

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Sylvia Ho was presented in her New York debut as a winner of Artists International Competition at Carnegie Recital Hall, for which she received highest acclaim. The New York Times raved: "…her digital facility never came into questions…ease, accuracy and total confidence…a winning charm and a supple sense of rhythmic give and take." Praised by NOEN (Austria) for her "interpretation and virtuosity", her performances have spread across four continents — Europe, North America, Asia and South America.

Miss Ho's early musical training began in Hong Kong, where she appeared in concerts and on television at age six. After immigrating to the United States, she studied with Eleanor Sokoloff of the Curtis Institute. A winner of many competitions, Miss Ho received a scholarship to study with Alexander Fiorillo (a protégé of the legendary Vladimir Horowitz) at Temple University in Philadelphia while earning her Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees. She later attended the Juilliard School of Music as a postgraduate scholarship student of Josef Raieff.

Since then, she has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Philadelphia's Academy of Music Recital Hall, in Paris la Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, Palac Potockich in Warsaw, Tsaritsyno Palace in Moscow, Bösendorfer Saal and Palais Auersperg, both in Vienna and Teatro Popular do SESI in São Paulo. Miss Ho has been invited to give recitals at the International Chopin Music Festival. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with leader and principal members of the internationally-acclaimed London Mozart Players. Miss Ho has appeared as soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and abroad (including the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, the Wiener Residenzorchester, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the Moscow Academia Orchestra). Her live performances and interviews have been broadcast on radio stations in Hong Kong and the U.S. (among them WFLN and WWFM).

Miss Ho's successful concerts in London, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Florence, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin and Moscow had earned her enthusiastic accolades from the audience. Her CD album, titled "Mostly Chopin", features works by Debussy, Granados and Chopin.

Formerly a faculty member at the University of Texas at El Paso and La Sierra University, Miss Ho has been listed in the International Who's Who in Music, the World Who's Who of Women and the American Keyboard Artists.

Performances

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Featured Work
Haydn — Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/52, L.62
🏅 Steinway Top Teacher Award Recipient  ·  Piano Competition Adjudicator  ·  Visiting Professor, China

As a Steinway Top Teacher Award recipient, Ms. Ho provides high-quality in-person and online lessons tailored to all levels — from beginners to advanced students. She offers flexible weekly sessions of 30, 45, or 60 minutes. Whether preparing for exams, entering competitions, or performing in public, students receive personalized guidance to reach their full potential and share their music with the world.

A highly sought-after adjudicator, Miss Ho has judged in many competitions, including the International Institute for Young Musicians Piano Competition. She has given master classes both in the United States and in China. In 2001 and 2005, she was invited to China as a Visiting Professor at the Guilin Teachers College, where she performed recitals, conducted master classes, and trained members of its piano faculty.

Session Lengths

30
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45
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60
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Lesson Formats

In-Person
Studio lessons at an agreed location in Irvine, CA.
Online
High-quality remote lessons via video call.

Competition Awards

  • Artists of the Future Concerto Competition
  • MTAC Scholarship Audition
  • SCJ Bach Festival
  • SCJ Bach Regionals
  • SCJBF Complete Works Audition
  • Torrance Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition
  • Cypress College Piano Competition
  • Redlands Bowl Young Artists Competition
  • Los Angeles Taiwanese Benevolent Association Music Competition
  • Chinese American Education Association Music Competition
  • Southwestern Youth Music Festival (Open Solo, Open Baroque, Open Chopin, Open Concerto & Young Pianists categories)
  • International Institute for Young Musicians Piano Competition
  • The American Protégé International Music Competition

Performance Venues

  • Carnegie Recital Hall
  • Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
  • The Redlands Bowl
  • Ambassador Auditorium — Pasadena
  • Various venues across Europe
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Irvine, California