Ning Hui See

Ning Hui See is a pianist from Singapore recognised for her thoughtful concert programming and interpretations of music by underrepresented composers. As a C H Scholar at the Royal College of Music London, Ning Hui’s PhD thesis examines ‘How Pianists Programme Lesser-known Solo Repertoire: An Autoethnography through Clara Schumann’s Sonata and Interviews with Four Pianists’. Her thesis, supervised by Prof Rosie Perkins, Prof Natasha Loges, and Danny Driver, explores issues of canon, musical value, and performer identity and agency. She has presented her research at international conferences held by the Royal Musical Association, European Platform for Artistic Research (AEC), Gender-Studien der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung (Hamburg), 'Women at the Piano' (Irvine, California), Institute of Austrian and German Music Research (Surrey), and Sibelius Academy (Helsinki).

Ning Hui is presently a lecturer at the University of the Arts Singapore-Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and was previously a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the RCM for BMus Historical Studies ‘History of the Orchestra’ and ‘Music and Power’. She has given guest seminars at the University of Freiburg and Duke University.

As a Kris Foundation Artist, Ning Hui’s homecoming concerts at the Esplanade Recital Studio have been lauded for her ‘refined touch, voluminous sound, and all-rounded musical personality’ (The Straits Times). She has performed extensively throughout the UK, with notable venues including the Steinway Hall, St James’s Piccadilly, Austrian Cultural Forum, and Victoria & Albert Museum in London, as well as the Leeds International Concert Series. She has also given recitals in France, Italy, and the Harris Hall at Aspen, Colorado, and has featured as a soloist with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Lydian Orchestra, and the Danube Symphony Orchestra.

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