Prize winner in the 2023 Prix Ravel, Hong Kong-born Canadian pianist Dane Ko is active as recitalist, chamber musician and educator on international stages. In the 2024-25 season, Dane will tour in recital to Montreal, Toronto, Hong Kong, and Macau, where he will also give masterclasses and workshops at The University of Hong Kong, University of Macau, and the University of Toronto.
Dane's performance accolades include prizes at Prix Ravel, The Shean Piano Competition, The Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition "Stepping Stone". As soloist, Dane has performed in such venues as the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, Koerner Hall of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, and Le Château de Fontainebleau in France. Dane frequently appears in important festivals which in recent years included Mozarteum (Austria), Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival (United States), Domaine Forget (Quebec), and Fontainebleau (France). A radio veteran, Dane has given interviews and performances on Florida's Classical WSMR, Hong Kong's RTHK Radio 4, and CBC Radio One.
In addition to his performance activities, Dane is a passionate educator and an awardwinning research scholar. Dane serves as an instructor at McGill University Schulich School of Music, maintains a robust private studio, and is in demand as a masterclass clinician. A tribute to his late teacher, Marietta Orlov, Dane's ongoing doctoral project on the Romanian piano school centering on Professor Orlov's pedagogical legacy won the 2024 Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Award by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). In May 2024, Dane served on the inaugural Junior Jury of the Montreal International Piano Competition (CMIM).
Dane is indebted to his primary teachers: Marietta Orlov, Anna Fomina, Lydia Wong and Ilya Poletaev. Dane has also had the privilege to train with preeminent artistic personalities across Europe, Asia and North America in a variety of settings, including Robert Levin, Klaus Hellwig, Jan Jiracek von Arnim, Ronan O'Hora, Benedetto Lupo, Eric Le Sage, John Perry, Jeremy Denk and others. His formal studies at the University of Toronto and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory culminated in a Bachelor of Music in piano performance, an Advanced Certificate in Performance, a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy and an Artist Diploma supported by full scholarships.
Dane also holds the ARCT diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music conferred with the National Gold Medal. Currently based in Montreal, Dane is a doctoral candidate at McGill University Schulich School of Music where he also serves as instructor of piano.
Conrad Grebel University College - Chapel
140 Westmount Rd. N.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Charlotte Smith | Titles: Little Prelude in A Minor, BWV 942 by Johann Sebastian Bach Sonatina in A Minor, op 88, no. 3, 3rd mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Hannah Yao | Titles: Bagatelle in A Major, op. 119, no. 4 by Ludwig Van Beethoven White Noon by Naoko Ikeda | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Sophie Borges | Titles: Allemande in E flat Major, French Suite No. 4 in E flat Major, BWV 815 by Johann Sebastian Bach Scherzo in A Major, no. 45 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Joshua (Zeyuan) Chu | Titles: Sonatina in A Minor, op. 88, no. 3, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau Ticklin' Toes by Florence B. Price | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Jane Ye | Titles: Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 3, 1st mvt. by Muzio Clementi Bourrée in F Major, TWV 32:4 by Georg Philipp Telemann | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Charlotte Hu | Titles: La joyeuse by Jean-Philippe Rameau Ivan Is Very Busy by Aram Khachaturian | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Jolene Jiang | Titles: Sonata in C Minor, op. 17, no. 2, 3rd mvt. by Johann Christian Bach White Sands, Blue Seas by Gary K. Thomas | Home Festival:IMFC |
Time:11:10 AM | Name:Yuxuan Zhou | Titles: Sonata in D Major, op. 4, no. 1, 1st mvt. by Muzio Clementi Ivan Is Very Busy by Aram Khachaturian | Home Festival:CCC |
Time:11:20 AM | Name:Aiden Wu | Titles: Sonatina in A Minor, op. 88, no. 3, 3rd mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau Polonaise in G Minor, op. posth. B 1 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Ottawa Piano |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Kateri Gardzinski | Titles: Polonaise in B flat Major, op. posth., B 3 by Frédéric Chopin Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 3, 1st mvt. by Muzio Clementi | Home Festival:Peterborough |
Time:11:40 AM | Name:Corinna Siu | Titles: Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 by Johann Sebastian Bach Bagatelle in G Minor, op. 119, no. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven | Home Festival:London |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:1:00 PM | Name:Yuk Hong Matteo Mak | Titles: Sonatina in C Major, op. 88, no.1, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau Tickled Pink by David L. McIntyre | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:1:10 PM | Name:Livlyn Li | Titles: Sonatina in A Minor, op. 88, no. 3, 3rd mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau Venetian Boat Song, op. 30, no. 6 by Felix Mendelssohn | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:1:20 PM | Name:Lucas Hong | Titles: Waltz in B Minor, op. 18, D 145, no. 6 by Franz Schubert Fūr Elise, WoO 59 by Ludwig van Beethoven | Home Festival:Star-MVP |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Jonathan Yin | Titles: Scherzo in A Major (no. 45) by Johann Nepomuk Hummel Waltz in B Minor, op. 18, D 145, no. 6 by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Time:1:40 PM | Name:Andrew Li | Titles: Leafy Sea Dragon by Ian Dykstra Sonatina in A Minor, op. 88, no. 3, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau | Home Festival:Yip's |
Time:1:50 PM | Name:Zymond Mao | Titles: White Noon by Naoko Ikeda Waltz in B Minor, op. 18, No. 6 by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:Pickering Rotary |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm to 3:30 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.
The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at Conrad Grebel University College - Chapel
140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6