Nikki Yeoh

British jazz pianist (born 1973)

Nikki Yeoh
Born	(1973-05-24) 24 May 1973 (age 50) London, England
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Pianist/Composer/Educator/Keys
Instrument(s)	Piano/Keys

Musical artist

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]

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

Piano Language with Joanna MacGregor
Mutual Serenade with Cleveland Watkiss
Solo Gemini for solo piano ^[9]

References

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