Nikki Yeoh | |
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Born | London, England | 24 May 1973
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation | Pianist/Composer/Educator/Keys |
Instrument | Piano/Keys |
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]
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]