Violist Katy Ho
In order to encourage local talents and prepare the stars of the future, the Cultural Affairs Bureau organizes, as a part of the 29th Macao International Music Festival, two concerts titled “Bravo Macau”, to be held on 25 and 26 September (Friday and Saturday), at the Dom Pedro V Theatre. The concerts feature performances by local young musicians, namely violinist Sophia Feinga Su, saxophonist Hugo Loi, pianist Ray Long and violist Katy Ho. These four musicians have been winning awards from a young age and have been admitted to top-notch institutions where they have honed their skills, unleashing their natural talent. 14-year old Sophia Feinga Su currently attends world prestigious The Juilliard School of Music in the U.S.A., and was the youngest ever participant in the Macao Young Musicians Competition to be awarded the Cultural Affairs Bureau Prize, in 2008, which lead the media to proclaim her “Macao’s Violin Prodigy”. Hugo Loi is dedicated to music training, teaching at the Macao Conservatory, the Macau Band Directors Association and several schools in the Territory, becoming, the first representative of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague to perform abroad solo and conduct exchange sessions with students at the University of Ghana, in Africa in 2013. Ray Long graduated with first class honours at the Royal College of Music in the United Kingdom, and conquered the second prize and the Brighton Fund Prize award at UK’s Springboard – Brighton and Hove Performing Arts Festival as well as the awards for Best Performance and Concerto at the IBLA Grand Prize in Italy, amongst other important awards. Katy Ho also graduated and completed a master’s degree at The Juilliard School of Music in the U.S.A., and was awarded a scholarship by the same school last year and assigned to teach music courses at public schools in New York. Tickets for these concerts are now limited and all interested members of the public are advised to make their purchases as soon as possible. Ticketing hotline: 2855 5555. For more information on these performances, please visit the webpage www.icm.gov.mo/fimm or call IC through tel. 8399 6699, during office hours.
