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
Nikki Yeoh
Born (1973-05-24) 24 May 1973
London, England
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Pianist/Composer/Educator/Keys
InstrumentsPiano/Keys
Associated actsCourtney Pine
Neneh Cherry
Eddie Harris
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Billy Cobham
The Roots
Steve Williamson
Mark Mondesir
Michael Mondesir

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. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/young-jazz-musician Nikki Yeoh's Infinitum at Ronnie Scotts
  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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