91. Alex Ho - a podcast by Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons

This week’s episode features British-Chinese composer, Alex Ho. Alex was the winner of theCritic’s Circle Young Artist Award 2021, is the recipient of thePRS Composers’ fund2023 and is aBBC Music Magazine Rising Star of 2022. He also happens to be a flippin’ great guy!

Seb and Verity met Alex back in November 2022, days ahead of the premier of his new workCarved in Gorton Stone, performed by theManchester Camerataat Gorton Monastery. They discuss the premise of this piece and it’s site specific nature - at one stage a UK monastery tour is mooted although not sure Alex is convinced….

They talk aboutTangram, the collaborative cross arts ensemble Alex co-founded and some of the influential relationships and new possibilities this has led to.

Alex talks aboutUntold, his ‘Anti Opera’ and how this work confronts the issues of racism towards East Asians communities, particularly in opera.

They discuss getting a work/life balance, experimenting with found sounds, Alex’s love of musical theatre and what a Yangquin is - 50 points if you already know!

Read more about Alex on his website:https://www.alexhocomposer.com/

Listen to Alex's Soundcloud here:https://soundcloud.com/alexhocomposer/

And find out more aboutTangramhere:https://www.tangramsound.com/

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