A leading young conductor in Hong Kong and 3rd Prize Winner of the 2025 International Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition, Vivian Ip was appointed Associate Conductor of Hong Kong Sinfonietta from the 2023/2024 season, where she has presented a series of family concerts as well as worked closely with guest artists and musicians.
Praised by the winner of the “Best Conductor” Grammy Award John Nelson – “Conducting is like breathing for you. Bright talent you have!”, Ip received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music (First Class Honours) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. With an Associate Instructorship and the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for Overseas Studies, she received her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at the Indiana University Bloomington. She graduated in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, receiving the highest award of the year, under the supervision of Uroš Lajovic and Johannes Wildner.
Ip has guest conducted at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Musica Viva Hong Kong and Hong Kong Grand Opera, and was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic in 2016-2018, where she assisted its Music Director Jaap van Zweden and Principal Guest Conductor Yu Long, as well as overseas conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Charles Dutoit, Vassily Sinaisky and Lawrence Foster. In 2018, she led the Xing-er Symphony Orchestra in Guangzhou to the Gold Award at the 6th World Orchestra Festival in Vienna, where she also received the Talented Conductor Prize.
As an opera conductor, Ip has conducted operas such as Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Der Fliegende Holländer, Norma, L’Elisir d’Amore etc. In 2023, Ip co-founded ANIMA Ensemble in promoting contemporary chamber operas and musical theatre works, premiering Philip Glass’ The Book of Longing in Hong Kong in 2024. As a choral conductor, she was the Music Director of Chorus Delicti Wien for 7 years and worked with numerous local and international choirs.
A recipient of the Hong Kong Outstanding Young Musician Award in 2024, Ip currently teaches Conducting, as well as Practical Studies in Musicianship and Choral Conducting at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is also a part-time faculty member of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
Concerts conducted by Vivian Ip in the 2025/2026 Season
6-8.6.2025 (Fri-Sun) Good Music for Kids
