Dr. Chua Yun Ying

PhD, University of Manchester, U.K.

Master in Music, King’s College London, U.K.

Graduate Diploma, Royal Northern College of Music, U.K.

Bachelor of Music (1st Class Honours), University of Manchester, U.K.

Dr Chua Yun Ying is an established music educator and pianist in Singapore. Currently, she teaches at the Singapore Raffles Music College, where she is the chair of the Academic and Exam Board, and the Course Leader for University of West London degree programmes.

Yun Ying left for Manchester in 1995 to pursue her music studies at the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of Manchester. After obtaining a Graduate Diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music and a Bachelor’s degree with first class honours from the University of Manchester, she went on to pursue a Master’s degree at King’s College London. She returned to the University of Manchester in 2000 for her doctoral studies, obtaining her PhD in 2004.

At the University of Manchester, Yun Ying was a recipient of the Hargreaves Fund Prize, awarded to the overall top students in the music department. Yun Ying received full scholarships to fund her doctoral studies - the Overseas Research Scholarship and the University Research Studentship, awarded by the British government and the University of Manchester respectively.

Yun Ying is an accomplished pianist and accompanist, having studied with renowned teachers such as Martina Maixnerova, Renna Kellaway, Colin Stone and Mikhail Kazakevich. In the U.K., she participated regularly in lunchtime recitals at the RNCM in Manchester and has given concerts in Cambridge, Oxford, Glasgow and York.

Yun Ying is highly sought after as a music educator, having given masterclasses at the Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Central Conservatory Preparatory School in Beijing in 2016. At the Liszt Memorial Prizes: 2016 Hong Kong – International Piano Open Competition, she received the award of “Excellent Piano Teacher”.  She has also adjudicated in piano competitions such as the Singapore International Classical Piano Competition 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022, the Singapore Raffles Cultural and Arts Festival 2018, 2019, 2025, the Asia International Art Competition 2018, 2019, 2024, the Chicago International Music Competition (Regional Round) 2023, and the Asia Students Art Festival 2025 – Singapore Preliminary Round (Nov 2024), International Young Musicians Music Competition Wien 2026 – Singapore Preliminary Round.

Yun Ying has taught classes at the University of Manchester and at the Royal Northern College of Music. Since returning to Singapore, Yun Ying has lectured at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, teaching music appreciation, music theory and music knowledge classes, as well as supervising research thesis to Bachelor’s degree students. At Singapore Raffles Music College, she teaches both undergraduate and Master’s degree courses, supervises research projects, and tutor piano principal study students. Many of her students have successfully completed FdMus, BMus and MMus degrees from the University of West London or elsewhere.