Nikki Yeoh

Nikki Yeoh (born 24 May 1973) is a British jazz pianist who has worked with Courtney Pine, Cleveland Watkiss, Steve Williamson, Chante Moore, The Roots and Neneh Cherry. Born in London, Yeoh is of mixed race origin, having a father from Malaysia and a British mother. Some of her first music teachers were Don Rendell and Ian Carr.[1]

Nikki Yeoh
Born (1973-05-24) 24 May 1973
London, England
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Pianist/Composer/Educator/Keys
Instrument(s)Piano/Keys

Yeoh has a long-standing collaboration with drummer Mark Mondesir and his bassist brother, Michael Mondesir in the jazz trio Infinitum.[2][3][4] Yeoh was the Musical Director for the finalists of the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 [5]

In 2022, she was appointed at MEI (Music Education Islington) and Guildhall as the Lead for Jazz, Improvisation and Pop [6]

Awards and honors

Yeoh won The Independent award for Best Jazz Musician of the Year in 1996 and in 1999 was a semi-finalist at the piano competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[7] She won Jazz FM Instrumentalist of the Year in 2017.[8]

Discography

References
  1. "Nikki Yeoh". Thsh.co.uk. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. "Nikki Yeoh and Infinitum". The guardian. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. "YouTube: Nikki Yeoh Live at Ronnie Scott's". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  4. "Cyrus Chestnut/Nikki Yeoh review – playful piano trio stars set the bar high". TheGuardian.com. 16 August 2016.
  5. "BBC Young Jazz Musician returns in 2020 to celebrate the wealth of young talent in UK jazz". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. "British Jazz Pianist Nikki Yeoh joins Music Education Islington".
  7. Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. pp. 711–712. ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
  8. "Music heavyweights honoured at the 2017 Jazz FM Awards". Planetradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. "Nikki Yeoh: Solo Gemini review – this gifted pianist's solo set was worth the wait". The Guardian. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2020.


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