Simon Ho

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Simon Ho (a.k.a. Hostettler) is a highly acclaimed Swiss composer and pianist. He is a musician who knows no stylistic boundaries. He has been studying and working within different styles and registers for the past twenty years. As a freelance composer for theatre companies and contemporary music, he has become well-known both in Switzerland and internationally. For his masters in composition, he has studied with Cristobal Halffter (E) and Edison Denisov (GUS); he has furthermore worked in seminars with Pierre Boulez in Paris. During different educational stays in Rome, Algeria, Paris and New York, he has deepened his knowledge of classical Arabian music, in serial composing techniques and new song structures. His pieces for chamber orchestras, string quartets, piano trios and horn ensembles have had their premiere at the International Lucerne Festival, at the Centro Para La Difusion De La Musica Contemporanea in Madrid, in Mexico, Paris and New York City. Ho has been guest composer at the Staatstheater in Stuttgart and the Stadttheater in Bern, he has written commissioned works for svereal different theatre groups in Switzerland and abroad. He works for and with children. He has written songs, musicals and operas for young persons and has directed several of these pieces. One of the most important aspects are the song- and band-projects he initiates. Simon Ho loves exchanges and working with artists from other cultural fields. He has collaborated with numerous people,

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An Anthology of Chinese Experimental Music 1992-2008

If

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Bruxelles

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Diary

Before Sleep

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Natural Meditation

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spa music for meditation

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An Anthology Of Chinese Experimental Music (disc 4)

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Signal

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An Anthology of Chinese Experimental Music 1992–2008

An Anthology Of Chinese Experimental Music 1992-2008 (Disc 4)

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