Mario To

Mario To is an avid guitarist and chamber musician. He had worked with internationally acclaimed artists such as German tenor Knut Schoch and Hungarian conductor Gergely Madaras. He is a two-time recipient of the HSBC Hong Kong Scholarship. Other scholarships include the Society of APA Scholarship and the HKAPA Schools’ Outstanding Student Award.

As a solo guitarist, he had won the Tarrega Malaysian International Guitar Festival Competition in 2017. He had also been invited by the Hong Kong International Airport, the Asia Society (Hong Kong) and the Royal Commonwealth Society (Hong Kong Branch) to perform on stage. As an ensemble player, he collaborated with the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble in its season closing concert “Shadow of Winds” in 2018 and was featured as the spotlight artist in the NOVA Ensemble Guitar Project in 2019. He was also an experienced musician in operas. His involved productions include the 2019 world-premiere chamber opera “Beauty and Sadness”.

Source: HKU MUSE