Katie Yao Morgan (2000) is of British and Chinese descent and began to play the piano when she was four years old. In 2010 she won the ABRSM Sheila Mossman Memorial Prize for achieving the highest mark in Grade 8 piano exam and additionally received aGold Award in 2011.

In 2010 she entered the Yehudi Menuhin School, where she studied with Marcel Baudet. In 2011 she won second prize in Category B(12-16) section of the Pianist of the North Competition, and in 2014she was awarded ‘Mention of Honour’ in the International PianoCompetition in Enschede, Holland. In 2016, she was awarded Diplôme de JEUNE ESPOIR in the 10th Adilia Alieva Competition held in Annemasse, France. In 2019 she won 1st prize at theAmsterdam Regional finals of the Princess Christina Concours in the Netherlands.

Katie has performed at The Wimbledon Festival and in duos at the Wigmore Hall. In 2013 she performed Mozart’s Concerto KV449with the Menuhin School Orchestra, and in September 2014 two performances of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the YMS chamber ensemble. In spring 2015 she toured the Southwest ofEngland, performing in Bridport and Dartmouth, and later inScotland, including New Lanark, Edinburgh and Blair Atholl. In 2016she performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor with theDorking Chamber Orchestra and in 2017 with the Mihail Jora” di Bacau OrchestraFilarmonica in Cantu, Italy. In 2022, she played Ravel’s Left Hand Concerto with the USC Orkest in Muziekgebouw, The Netherlands.

She has taken part in summer courses at Tignes, France andBlonay, Switzerland with teachers including Marcel Baudet,Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Edith Fischer and Jorge Pepi-Alos.She has also received masterclasses from Dmitri Alexeev, RonaldBrautigam, Ronan O’Hora, Idil Biret and Dominique Merlet. Katie appeared on the Dutch Classical TV Show ‘Podium Witteman’ aspart of the Jonge Helden (Young Talent) in 2020 and 2022.

Katie was a member of ‘Trio Pantoum’ with SongHa Choi (violin)and Maxim Calver (cello). The trio won 1st prize in theIntercollegiate Piano Trio Society Competition held in BirminghamConservatoire in 2018. In February they toured The Netherlands, performing in a number of venues including Akoesticum and theConservatory in Amsterdam, also appearing on Dutch radio Spiegelzaal. She is currently a member of ‘Duo Morgan/van Nee’ with Jorian van Nee (piano). They won first prize at the Grachten Conservatorium Concours in 2024 and have concerts lined up for the 2023/2024 seasons including De Duif, and Het Concertgebouw.

Katie completed her Bachelor’s of Classical Piano in 2022 at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, under the guidance of FrankPeters. She also completed Master’s in Repititeurship in 2024.Katie holds a Bachelor Honours Degree in Psychology at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and is currently studying Master’s in Crime and Forensic Science at UCL. Alongside studying, Katie greatly enjoys teaching students of all ages and has been teaching since 2018.

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