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.
Wilfrid Laurier University - The Mezz
75 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:15 AM | Name:Victoria Zheng | Titles: Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Humoreske by Rodion Shchedrin | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:9:30 AM | Name:Katherine Shang | Titles: Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992, 3rd mvt. by Johann Sebastian Bach Intermezzo No. 1 by Manuel Ponce | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
Time:9:45 AM | Name:Nagi Fukahori | Titles: Fugue in C Major, BWV 953 by Johann Sebastian Bach Nocturne in C sharp Minor, op. posth., B 49 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:9:55 AM | Name:Hannah Zhou | Titles: Sonata in F Major Hob. XVI: 23, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Cakewalk, 1st mvt. by Cluade Debussy | Home Festival:London |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Hanna Yu | Titles: L'Egyptienne by Jean-Philippe Rameau Sonata in F Minor, WoO 47, no.2, 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Timothy Denau | Titles: Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, op. 4, no. 2, 1st mvt. by Giovanni Benedetto Platti Variations on a Russian Folk Song (Among the Gentle Valleys) by Mikhail Glinka | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:35 AM | Name:Cheng Sun | Titles: Sonata in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Waltz in D flat Major, op.64, no.1(Minute) by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Edward Zeng | Titles: Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K 330, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Osanna Mikitka | Titles: Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792 by J.S. Bach La sarabande by Gabriel Grovlez | Home Festival:Stratford |
Time:11:10 AM | Name:Chris Lou | Titles: Sinfonia No.13 in A Minor, BWV 799 by Johann Sebastian Bach Waltz in C sharp Minor, op. 64, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:11:20 AM | Name:James Guerard | Titles: Nocturne, op. 54, no. 4 by Edvard Grieg Etude No. 12 in F Major, op. 109, "Le reveil dans les bois" by Friedrich Burgmüller | Home Festival:Lakehead |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Ivy Wei | Titles: Sonatina, 3rd mvt. by Aram Khachaturian Nocturne in G minor, op. 37, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin | Home Festival:CCC |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:1:00 PM | Name:Jayden Su | Titles: Sonata in F Major Hob. XVI:23, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Annastasia Kokkinias | Titles: Nocturne in B Major, op. 32, no. 1 by Frédéric Chopin Sonata in B flat Major, K 570, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Jonathan Omoto | Titles: Nocturne in E flat Major, op. 9, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin The Cat and Mouse Tango by Gary K. Thomas | Home Festival:Yip's |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:August Zhao | Titles: Sonata in F Minor, WoO 47, no.2 , 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven Buenos dias by Sarah Konecsni | Home Festival:Sudbury |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm to 3:45 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