Micah Yui

Canadian pianist Micah Yui, born in Japan to Korean parents, has been praised by the Los Angeles Times for her “blazing enthusiasm, power, and technical assurance.” She made her solo recital debut at age ten and her orchestral debut at thirteen, launching a performance career that has taken her to stages in Zurich, Tokyo, New York, Toronto, and Copenhagen.

A dedicated educator, Yui is passionate about nurturing the next generation of musicians. Her students have won major competitions and gone on to study at top conservatories. She has held teaching positions at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the Peabody Institute, and the Music Institute of Chicago. She has also appeared as a guest artist at festivals including the Heifetz Institute, Montecito International Music Festival, SongFest, the Ravinia Steans Institute, and directed Banff Centre’s Art of Piano program.

Yui currently serves on the piano and chamber music faculty at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where she teaches in the Academy and Community School divisions. She is the founder of Colburn’s Piano Camp Intensive (ages 9–13) and co-director of the Colburn–Tonebase Piano Seminar for advanced high school pianists. She is also a frequent adjudicator at competitions such as the Esther Honens and Palm Springs International Piano Competitions.

Yui holds degrees from the Juilliard School, the Royal Conservatory of Music, the University of Toronto, and the Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Bella Davidovich and Leon Fleisher.

Education

• BM, Juilliard School
• MM, University of Toronto
• Artist Diploma, Royal Conservatory of Music
• Graduate Performance Diploma, Peabody Conservatory

Academic Area

• School of the Arts

Courses Taught

• Applied Piano