Program Books/Daniel Ho

Daniel Ho

guest artist

Daniel Ho (guest artist), a native of Honolulu now based in Los Angeles, is a composer, arranger, singer-songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and record company owner. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he is also a 12-time Grammy nominee, six-time Taiwanese Golden Melody Award winner, and recipient of various music honors in Hawaii.

Ho’s recordings span original compositions; world music with Taiwanese aboriginals and Mongolian nomads; duets with Pepe Romero, the maestro of classical guitar; jazz and rock with Tak Matsumoto of the Japanese supergroup B’z; and Afrobeats with Ugandan superstar Eddy Kenzo. His music has been featured in film and television.

As an artist and clinician, Ho performs and teaches workshops in North America and abroad. He is a cultural ambassador for the US Department of State and has toured Asia, Australia, Greenland, Mexico, and Brazil. Always learning and innovating, Ho is the co-designer of the Romero Creations Tiny Tenor ‘ukulele and Ohana Bongolele and Shakerlele percussion instruments.