Malaysian pianist Bridget Yee is the winner of numerous international piano competitions, including the Windsor International Piano Competition and the Beecham International Piano Competition, where she also earned the esteemed Best Overall Competitor Prize.
In 2020, Bridget won the Putra International Piano Competition with her performance of Ravel’s Concerto in G Major. That same year, she was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician Keyboard Category, which was broadcast on BBC.
Bridget has performed in prestigious concert venues, including Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall in Japan, Viborg Musikforening in Denmark, Harris Concert Hall in the USA, Wigmore Hall in the UK, and Petronas Philharmonic Hall in Malaysia. Her concert tours have also brought her to Germany, Hong Kong, China, and Scotland.
In recognition of her contributions to the arts, Bridget was named 'Successful Sarawakian from Overseas' by the Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industry & Performing Arts at the 2023 Sarawak International Festival of Music and Arts.
Currently, Bridget is pursuing her undergraduate studies with Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music, where she is the recipient of the Suresh and Richard McMillan Full Scholarship. At 17, she was awarded the Fellowship Diploma - the highest performance qualification awarded by Trinity College London. Bridget is currently an artist of The Keyboard Trust and the Talent Unlimited Foundation. Over the years, she has been generously supported by the Hattori Foundation and has been recognized by Young Sounds UK with The Ann Burridge Award and The Richard Toeman Award.
As an Art Mentor Lucerne resident performer of the Riot Ensemble, Bridget's three-year residency includes the premiere and recording of Alexander Papp's duo concerto at Deutschlandfunk Cologne for Coviello Contemporary in 2025. In 2024, she was appointed a Polonsky Foundation Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School in the USA, where she performed in venues such as the Klein Music Tent for the Piano-Palooza concert which included the world premiere of Greg Anderson's arrangement of Stars & Stripes: Fireworks for 8 Pianos, 32 Hands. She also performed in the Kurtág Project at the 2024 Summer Piano Festival in Duke's Hall, which marked the first complete performance of all ten volumes of Kurtág's Játékok.
Most recently, Bridget was awarded the Kerr Memorial Prize by the Royal Over-Seas League. She has received mentorship from Stephen Hough, Imogen Cooper, Barry Douglas, and Vovka Ashkenazy.