Ayen Ho

Ayen Ho (Chinese 何璟昕, He Jingxin ) is a Chinese C-pop (Cantopop and Mandopop) singer-songwriter born in Qingyuan, Guangdong province. Ho has released songs and albums in mandarin and Cantonese and she is considered one of the pioneers of mainland-Chinese Cantopop wave. She currently lives in Beijing.

Ayen Ho
何璟昕
Background information
Born (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994
Qingyuan, Guangdong,China
OriginBeijing,China
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Guitarist
  • Song-writer
Instrument(s)
Websitehijingxin.com

Early life

Ayen Ho was born 6 March 1994 in Qingyuan. She moved with her family to Huizhou, Guangdong Province, where she lived during her school years.[1]

In 2012, Ho moved to Beijing and applied to study in the digital media and arts department of the North China Technologic University. During that time, she started learning to play guitar, ukelele and violoncello.[2] A year later, she won a music contest organised by the same institution, which meant the start of her music career.

Career

In 2014, Ho released her first Mandarin EP entitled Phototrophism. She released more original songs and performed in many song contests in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.[3] After graduating from university two years later, Ho went on with her music career organising a tour around 16 Chinese cities. In 2016, she was nominated to the Abilu Music awards for a song entitled "The right time".[4]

In 2017, Ho composed music for TV commercials for companies such as Chevrolet, Pacific Insurance Company and also took part in a music event organised by Netease Cloud Music.[5] In 2018, she registered herself in the Quangzhou Normal University in Xiamen, where she studied a master in music composition.[6] At the end of that year, she took part in an exposition of musical instruments in Shanghai where she performed some of her songs.[7]

In 2019, Ho released her first full-length Cantonese album entitled Maybe today.[8]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Phototrophism (2016)
  • Maybe today (2019)

Singles
  • "Shooting star" (2016)
  • "An afternoon" (2016)
  • "Cloudy landscape" (2017)
  • "One play, one dream" (2019)
  • "Moonlight" (2019)[9]
  • "Obsessed guy" (2019)[10]
  • "Kite" (2019)[11]
  • "Await one thing everyday" (2019)[12]

References
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  2. "何璟昕的小站 （豆瓣音乐人）". site.douban.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. "关于我们 > 品牌历程". www.tomukulele.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. "2016年阿比鹿音乐奖入围名单正式公布-行业信息-音乐财经". www.chinambn.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. "网易云音乐打造音乐人弹唱会 每周四晚开启-中新网". www.chinanews.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. "挪威卑尔根大学教授领泉州师院学生"享受"音乐 – 本月 – 大学城". i.fjsen.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  7. "酷狗音乐"创酷音厂"斩获国内诸多数字营销大奖-CSDN.NET". www.csdn.net. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  8. "何璟昕2019年全新粤语专辑《如果今日》， 实体唱片正在众筹中_民谣". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  9. 何璟昕 Ayen《月光 Moonlight 》官方高畫質 Official HD MV, retrieved 20 October 2019
  10. 何璟昕 Ayen《癡人 Obsessed Guy》官方高畫質 Official HD MV, retrieved 20 October 2019
  11. 何璟昕 Ayen《風箏 Kite》官方高畫質 Official HD MV, retrieved 20 October 2019
  12. 何璟昕 Ayen《我一天一個時間只等一件事 Await One Thing Every Day》官方動態歌詞MV (無損高音質), retrieved 20 October 2019
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