Hong Kong-born British pianist Yau Cheng is an intuitive musician and an experienced collaborative pianist. She currently serves as staff pianist and vocal coach at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Yau earned both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (USA). She then continued her studies at the Guildhall School, completing a Master of Music in Piano Accompaniment with distinction.

Since relocating to London, Yau has performed in the Purcell Room at Southbank Centre, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Bristol Beacon, City of London Festival, Winchester Chamber Music Festival and other venues around the UK, collaborating with renowned musicians including cellist Stefan Popov and harpist Marie-Pierre Langlamet. Yau has worked extensively with the Vocal, Opera, and Choral Departments at both Indiana University and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, working closely with Sarah Walker and Samantha Malk, and playing for numerous lessons, exams, auditions and recitals. She was furthermore a proud member of the Singing Hoosiers. In addition to her work with singers, she has accompanied the studios of cellists Janos Starker, Stefan Popov and Helga Winold, violinists Jacqueline Ross and Mark Kaplan, harpist Susann McDonald, among others.

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Apart from performing, Yau is a professional music engraver and editor. Her work has been published by Schott, Mainz, and she has prepared new editions of several previously unpublished piano pieces by Lili Boulanger. Yau has served on the faculty of Indiana University’s Young Pianists Program, has recorded for Naxos, and has worked as an Adjunct Lecturer in undergraduate music theory and aural skills. She also studied the harp with Professor Elzbieta Szmyt. She remains a keen art song sight-reader and an enthusiastic piano duettist, with a secret passion for musical theatre.

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