Tisa Ho

Tisa Ho (born 22 December 1948) is an arts administrator and writer from Hong Kong. She has previously been the director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival and the director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Arts Festival, and several public art projects in Singapore, including the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, a public arts venue. She has previously been the chair of the International Society of Performing Arts, and received an award from the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong for her contributions, in 2020. She has written several books on arts administration in Asia.

Biography Ho was born on 22 December 1948 in China. She studied in St. Paul's Convent School in Hong Kong, and pursued art, theater, and music as a child. She went on to attend Hong Kong University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1971 and a master's degree in 1973. She studied art history in France, graduating from the University of Bordeaux in 1974 with a degree in French Studies, before completing a diploma in arts management from the City University, London. Her husband Ronald Ng is a hematologist. Her elder son Andrew Ng is an artificial intelligence researcher, and her younger son Alfred Ng is an attorney.

Career Ho worked for the management of the London Film Festival after completing her diploma in arts administration, later returning to Hong Kong where she worked as the arts and public relations consultation for the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

From 1990 to 1999, Ho was the executive director for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

In 2006, Ho was appointed the executive director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Ho has written several books on arts, public spaces, and artistic projects in Asia. These include Building Social Space in Singapore (2002), Ask Not – The Necessary Stage in Singapore Theatre (2004), and Her Story (2005).