Magdalene Ho
Piano
The outstanding young Malaysian pianist Magdalene Ho came to international attention after winning the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in 2023. Formerly a pupil of Patsy Toh at the Purcell School, she currently studies with Dmitri Alexeev at the Royal College of Music on a full scholarship.
In the 2025/26 season Magdalene Ho makes her recital debut at the Tonhalle Zürich as well as performing as a soloist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Other highlights of the season include her performances at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rheingau Festival, Lille Piano(s) Festival and as part of SWR Kultur Internationale Pianisten series in Mainz.
Last season (2024/25) was an exciting one for Magdalene Ho, taking her to important places such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, as well as performing at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano under Wilson Hermanto, with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Cornelius Meister, SWR Symphonieorchester under Kirill Karabits and Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra under Rafael Payare.
Magdalene Ho was born in the USA in 2003 and started learning the piano at the age of four. In 2013, she began studying in the UK. In 2018, she made her concerto debut playing Mendelssohn first Piano Concerto with the Oxford Symphony Orchestra. As part of a prize won at the PIANALE piano festival in Fulda, Germany, she released an album of Bach and Messiaen works in 2019. She also had a composition shortlisted by the BBC Young Composer competition in the same year.
In summer 2024, she was featured by Jed Distler in the International Piano Magazine’s series “One to Watch”. In that same year she won the International German Piano Award. In August 2025, she received the Tabor Foundation Award which was given to the best young pianist participating in the Verbier Festival Academy.
To date Magdalene Ho has performed chamber music concerts with such artists as Simon Trpčeski, Daniel Müller-Schott, Veronika Eberle, Maxim Rysanov, Pierre Genisson, Noa Wildschut and Marc Coppey. Since 2024, she has been mentored by the Vevey Spring Classic and in connection with the festival, she recently performed Alban Berg Chamber Concerto with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala under Wilson Hermanto.
Magdalene Ho is also sponsored by the Weir Award via the Keyboard Charitable Trust.
