Esther Ning Yau is an active and versatile
pianist based in the New England region. Known for her work in chamber music,
Esther’s expertise extends to the realms of solo piano, orchestral piano and
even other keyboard instruments such as harpsichord and celesta. Esther has
been featured in concerts at Jordan Hall, Emmanuel Music Chamber Series,
Harvard Musical Association Concert Series, Harvard-Epworth Concert Series,
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Concert Series, Longy SeptemberFest, WCRB Live
at Copley, Newport Music Festival and Bar Harbor Music Festival.

Esther has also appeared in numerous
concert venues further afield, including Merkin Concert Hall in New York,
Museum of Arts in Puerto Rico, Giovanni Arvedi Auditorium in Cremona, Esplanade
Recital Studio in Singapore, National Concert Hall in Taipei and Government
House in her hometown Hong Kong.

An adventurous musician, Esther has
performed many young composers’ works (such as Garrett Byrnes’ Concerto for
Piano and Chamber Orchestra and Derek Bermel’s Tied Shifts for Flute, Clarinet,
Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion), in addition to the standard repertoire.
In recent years, Esther has been programming complete cycles of works. To date,
she has successfully performed cycles of Beethoven’s piano trios, violin
sonatas and cello sonatas. The upcoming season will feature cycles of
Schumann’s piano trios, violin sonatas and cello-piano works and Brahms’
complete sonatas for piano and violin.

Esther is a faculty member of Longy School
of Music of Bard College and New England Conservatory’s Preparatory and
Continuing Education departments. She is the chair of the Bay State Piano
Contest in Massachusetts and on the Board of the Massachusetts Music Teachers’
Association. In the summer, she also teaches at the Cremona International Music
Academy in Italy.  She holds a double
Master’s Degree in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano from New England
Conservatory, where she studied with Patricia Zander and Irma Vallecillo.
Honors received include fellowships from International Institute of Vocal Arts
in Italy, UCLA Song Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the West
and Yellow Barn Music Festival. Esther is also a member of the New England
Conservatory Alumni Council.