"an all-rounded musical personality...there was much to marvel at her grasp of the music's architecture and form."
- The Straits Times Singapore, June 2015
Ning Hui See is a pianist from Singapore recognised for her "refined touch … and an all-rounded musical personality" (The Straits Times). Currently based in London, she has given recitals in London at the Steinway Hall, Regent Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St James' Piccadilly, the Old Royal Naval College, the Austrian Cultural Forum, Victoria & Albert Museum and Leighton House Museum. Elsewhere in the UK, she has appeared at the Pallant House Gallery, The Venue at the Leeds College of Music, the Wells Cathedral School and the Yehudi Menuhin School. Additional concerts have brought her to Padua and Venice in Italy, the Steinway Gallery in Manila and the Harris Hall at Aspen, Colorado. She has performed the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto in Padua and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Danube Orchestra in Budapest. Over the years, her homecoming concerts at the Esplanade Recital Studio in Singapore have been lauded for her passion, her sound and her mastery of various styles. Ning Hui's performances have been featured on BBC Four, BBC Radio 3 and Symphony 92.4FM.
Ning Hui is a laureate of the "Citta di Padova" International Competition in Italy, the Cesar Franck International Piano Competition in Belgium, and the Eastbourne Young Soloists Competition. She was a 2014 BBC Young Musician keyboard finalist. As the Grand Prize Winner at the 2012 Singapore Steinway Youth Competition, she represented the country at the Asia Pacific Finals. Ning Hui received the Esther Fisher Prize from the Royal College of Music, where her performances at the finals of the college's top competitions - the Chappell Medal, Schumann and Concerto Competitions - were highly-commended. Her studies were supported by the Gylla Godwin Scholarship, the Charles Napper Scholarship and the MMSF Mark James Piano Award.
Born in Singapore in 1996, Ning Hui received her early musical training from Fang Yuan at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Special Young Talents) and the acclaimed pianist Albert Tiu. She has worked in masterclasses with esteemed artists such as Barry Douglas, Leslie Howard, Martino Tirimo, Stanislav Ioudenitch and Sofya Gulyak. She has studied with Arie Vardi and Yoheved Kaplinsky at the Aspen Music Festival, as well as Nelita True and Peter Donohoe at the Chetham’s Summer School. She attained her Master of Music with Distinction and Bachelor of Music (Hons) First Class from the Royal College of Music, where she studied with John Byrne and Dmitri Alexeev. Ning Hui currently studies with Deniz Gelenbe and Sergio de Simone at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance as a Jimmy Cross Prize Fund Scholar.
Besides her solo engagements, Ning Hui is a passionate chamber musician and music teacher. She enjoys composition and research, possessing a particular interest in the correlation between historical events and musical developments. She is a Concordia Artist and Talent Unlimited Artist with upcoming engagements in the UK, the Philippines and Sweden. Ning Hui will commence her doctoral research on Interpreting Clara Schumann at the Royal College of Music London in September.
Ning Hui is a laureate of the "Citta di Padova" International Competition in Italy, the Cesar Franck International Piano Competition in Belgium, and the Eastbourne Young Soloists Competition. She was a 2014 BBC Young Musician keyboard finalist. As the Grand Prize Winner at the 2012 Singapore Steinway Youth Competition, she represented the country at the Asia Pacific Finals. Ning Hui received the Esther Fisher Prize from the Royal College of Music, where her performances at the finals of the college's top competitions - the Chappell Medal, Schumann and Concerto Competitions - were highly-commended. Her studies were supported by the Gylla Godwin Scholarship, the Charles Napper Scholarship and the MMSF Mark James Piano Award.
Born in Singapore in 1996, Ning Hui received her early musical training from Fang Yuan at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Special Young Talents) and the acclaimed pianist Albert Tiu. She has worked in masterclasses with esteemed artists such as Barry Douglas, Leslie Howard, Martino Tirimo, Stanislav Ioudenitch and Sofya Gulyak. She has studied with Arie Vardi and Yoheved Kaplinsky at the Aspen Music Festival, as well as Nelita True and Peter Donohoe at the Chetham’s Summer School. She attained her Master of Music with Distinction and Bachelor of Music (Hons) First Class from the Royal College of Music, where she studied with John Byrne and Dmitri Alexeev. Ning Hui currently studies with Deniz Gelenbe and Sergio de Simone at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance as a Jimmy Cross Prize Fund Scholar.
Besides her solo engagements, Ning Hui is a passionate chamber musician and music teacher. She enjoys composition and research, possessing a particular interest in the correlation between historical events and musical developments. She is a Concordia Artist and Talent Unlimited Artist with upcoming engagements in the UK, the Philippines and Sweden. Ning Hui will commence her doctoral research on Interpreting Clara Schumann at the Royal College of Music London in September.
It was very interesting to hear the Clara Schumann Sonata.
Your playing in the first movement was deeply committed. Your reading of the score was
meticulously detailed and idiomatic. Characters were clearly etched and well-projected.
There was a very touching and eloquent quality in your playing of the second movement.
Your approach was understated but still warmly expressive. The concluding movements were again
wonderfully played, characterful, and musically enchanting.
You revealed yourself as an ideal advocate for this work.
- Aaron Shorr, concert pianist and professor