Bridget Yee
About Bridget Yee
Described by the Lucerne Festival as “a pianist who does not fit into any mold,” Malaysian pianist Bridget Yee is recognised for performances of imagination, intensity and emotional depth. Her programming brings fresh perspective to core repertoire, placing canonical works alongside contemporary voices with a
distinctive sense of narrative and curiosity.
Upcoming highlights include her solo recital debut at the Wigmore Hall in 2027, following recent solo recitals at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland and the Royal Mile International Piano Series in Edinburgh. Her concerto appearances include Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with the National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia at the Petronas Philharmonic Hall, and her performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and France Inter. Recent engagements have also included performances at the Chelsea Flower Show with Steinway & Sons, filmed by the BBC. Festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival (United States), Euregio Music Festival (Germany) and En Blanc et Noir Festival (France).
A winner of both the Beecham International Piano Competition and the Windsor International Piano Competition, she was also a BBC Young Musician piano finalist. She has appeared at Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, Viborg Musikforening, Ägerihalle and Harris Hall.
Equally committed to contemporary music, she is currently in a three-year artist residency with the Riot Ensemble, during which she gave the world premiere of Alexander Papp’s duo concerto, broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
For 2026/27, Bridget is the recipient of the Rupert Heggs Award, a Hattori Foundation Senior Award and the Derek Butler Munster Trust Award. She is an artist of The Keyboard Trust and the Countess of Munster Trust Recital Scheme, and is supported by the Drake Calleja Trust. In 2023, she was honoured at the Sarawak International Festival of Music and Arts as a ‘Successful Sarawakian
from Overseas.’ Recent recognitions include the Sterndale Bennett Prize from the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Over-Seas League’s Kerr Memorial Prize.
Bridget completed her undergraduate studies with First Class Honours under Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music, where she held the Suresh and Richard McMillan Full Scholarship and was awarded the Edna Bralesford Piano Prize for achieving the highest undergraduate piano final recital mark. She continues her studies on a full ABRSM International Postgraduate Scholarship. Her mentors include Michel Béroff and Ng Chong Lim.
