Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
Alice Ping Yee Ho
Photographer(s): Bo Huang
Latest winner
Alice Ping Yee Ho for her composition, “Femme de Glace” (2024)
Alice Ping Yee Ho is a distinguished Chinese Canadian composer celebrated for her distinctive voice and versatile contributions to opera, orchestral music, chamber ensembles, dance and theatre. Notable accolades include Symphony Nova Scotia’s 2022 Maria Anna Mozart Award, the 2022 Barlow Endowment commissioning prize, the 2019 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize and the 2013 Dora Mavor Moore Award for The Lesson of Da Ji. A two-time JUNO Award nominee, Alice Ping Yee Ho has released ten solo albums, and her compositions have been performed by esteemed ensembles and orchestras such as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Lapland Chamber Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish Radio Choir and the Luxembourg Sinfonietta.
To learn more about Alice Ping Yee Ho, visit www.alicepyho.com.
The prize
Awarded annually, the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music is a competition for professional composers and sound creators from Canada, designed to encourage the creation of new chamber music.
Background
The prize was established in 1978 by the Right Honourable Jules Léger, then Governor General of Canada.
Additional information
juleslegerprizes@canadacouncil.ca
1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 6004
Deadline
The next competition will be held in 2026. Two prizes will be awarded to outstanding professional composers and sound creators.
Amount
$7,500
Application-based
For the upcoming prize deadline, applications will be submitted through the online portal, opening in the summer of 2025.
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