Hong Kong-born Canadian pianist Dane Ko is active as recitalist, chamber musician, and educator on international stages. As soloist, Dane has performed in France, Austria, Italy, Hong Kong, Macau, Canada, and the US in such venues as the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, Koerner Hall, and Le Château de Fontainebleau. Among Dane’s growing accolades are prizes at Prix Ravel in Fontainebleau, The Shean Piano Competition, The Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition “Stepping Stone”. A radio veteran, Dane has given interviews and performances on Florida’s Classical WSMR, Hong Kong’s RTHK, and CBC Radio One.

In addition to Dane’s performance activities, Dane is a passionate and sought-after music educator. Dane serves as an instructor of piano at McGill University, has guest-lectured and led masterclasses at the University of Hong Kong, University of Toronto, and adjudicated and presented workshops in the 2025 Ontario Music Festivals Association Provincial Finals. In 2024, Dane served on the inaugural Junior Jury of the Montreal International Piano Competition (CMIM). An award-winning research scholar, Dane won the student presentation competition at the Canadian Federation of Music Teacher Association (CFMTA) National Conference in 2025, as well as the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Award by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council.

Dane is indebted to Dane’s primary teachers: Marietta Orlov, Anna Fomina, Lydia Wong, and Ilya Poletaev. Dane has also trained with preeminent artistic personalities across Europe, Asia, and North America at the Chigiana Music Academy, Mozarteum Summer Academy, Fontainebleau Schools of Music and Fine Art, Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, International Summer Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and counts Lilya Zilberstein, Robert Levin, Klaus Hellwig, Jan Jiracek von Arnim, Benedetto Lupo, John Perry, Wael Farouk, Roberta Rust, Ya-Fei Chuang. Dane’s studies at the University of Toronto and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory culminated in a Bachelor of Music in piano performance, an Advanced Certificate in Performance, a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy, and an Artist Diploma.

Currently based in Montreal, Dane is a Doctor of Music candidate at McGill University Schulich School of Music.