Malaysian pianist Bridget Yee is the winner of the Windsor International Piano Competition and the Beecham International Piano Competition, where she also earned the esteemed Best Overall Competitor Prize. In 2020, she won the Putra International Piano Competition and was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician Keyboard Category, which was broadcast on BBC.
Highlights of the 2024/25 season included her return to the Aspen Music Festival and School as a Robert J. Hurst Fellow, her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra of Malaysia at the Petronas Philharmonic Hall performing Ravel’s Concerto in G major, and the world premiere of Alexander Papp’s duo concerto, recorded for BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show, as part of her three-year residency with the Riot Ensemble as an Art Mentor Lucerne performer. This season also marked her French debut at the Un Piano Sous Les Arbres Festival, where she was featured in concert and on France's national radio station France Inter.
Highlights of the 2025/26 season include a solo recital tour in Switzerland and her debut at the Royal Mile International Piano Series in Edinburgh.
Previous seasons have included her participation in the Kurtág Project at the 2024 Summer Piano Festival in Duke’s Hall, the first complete performance of all ten volumes of Játékok, followed by a UK recital tour culminating in a sold-out recital at the HGS Autumn Series. The 2023/24 season saw her solo debuts at Wigmore Hall (UK), Viborg Musikforening (Denmark), and Bentley Recital Hall (Malaysia). In 2023, she was named a “Successful Sarawakian from Overseas” at the Sarawak International Festival of Music and Arts by the Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industry & Performing Arts.
Currently pursuing her undergraduate studies with Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music on the Suresh and Richard McMillan Full Scholarship, Bridget has received mentorship from Stephen Hough, Imogen Cooper, Michel Béroff and Yoheved Kaplinsky. At 17, she was awarded the Fellowship Diploma - the highest performance qualification awarded by Trinity College London. Bridget is an artist of The Keyboard Trust and Talent Unlimited Foundation, and has been recognised with awards from the Hattori Foundation and Young Sounds UK. In 2024, she received the Kerr Memorial Prize from the Royal Over-Seas League.

