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Tze Yeung Ho (born 30 April 1992) is a Norwegian-Finnish composer of Cantonese descent.

Ho was born in Oslo, Norway and grew up between Alta, Norway and Toronto, Canada. His composition studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre focused on expanding on possibilities in contemporary music theatre works, particularly of those in multilingual contexts. His former mentors include Trond Reinholdtsen, Helena Tulve, Maja S. K. Ratkje, Toivo Tulev, Gary Kulesha and Asbjørn Schaathun.

Tze Yeung was the first prize recipient of the 14th composition competition of Festival International de Musiques Sacrées (CH), Evivakören's and Exaudio's choral composition competition (FI) and Land's End Ensemble's 17th annual composition competition (CA). His collaboration with writer Linda Gabrielsen, hvorfor pusen? received the second prize of Shanghai New Music Week's Chamber Opera Composition Competition. He was a finalist for the pan-European composition competition DYCE in 2022. He was also a recipient of the national artist grant from the Arts Council of Norway for three years and a stipend recipient of both the Fergesten Foundation and the Kordelin Foundation. Between 2025 and 2026, Ho will be the artist-in-residence of the Kunstnerbyen Skien program.

Ho was invited by Moderna Museet as the featured Norwegian artist at the Nordic Pavilion of Venice Biennale (art) in 2024.

He is a member of the Norwegian Composers' Society and the Finnish Composers' Society.

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