91. Alex Ho

This week’s episode features British-Chinese composer, Alex Ho. Alex was the winner of the Critic’s Circle Young Artist Award 2021, is the recipient of the PRS Composers’ fund 2023 and is a BBC 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 work Carved in Gorton Stone, performed by the Manchester Camerata at 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 about Tangram, the collaborative cross arts ensemble Alex co-founded and some of the influential relationships and new possibilities this has led to. Alex talks about Untold, 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 about Tangram here: https://www.tangramsound.com/ You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at [email protected] SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.