Katie Yao Morgan

About

Katie Yao Morgan (b. 2000) is a British-Chinese classical pianist trained at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she completed a Bachelor's in Classical Piano (2022) and a Master's in Répétiteurship (2024). She has performed at the Wigmore Hall and the Concertgebouw, appeared multiple times as a 'Young Hero' on the Dutch TV programme Podium Witteman, and won first prize at the Amsterdam regional finals of the Princess Christina Concours in 2019. Her piano duo with Jorian van Nee took first prize at the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours 2024, and in October 2024 she received the Frans Schreuderprijs from EPTA Netherlands for the best Master's research across all Dutch conservatories. Her debut album, *Echoes of the Orient*, was released on Naxos World in July 2025.

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Performances as 'Young Hero' at Podium Witteman (2020, 2022, 2024)

Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours 2024 (piano duo with Jorian van Nee)

Frans Schreuderprijs EPTA Nederland 2024 - best master thesis at a Dutch conservatory

What's new

2025-07
Debut album *Echoes of the Orient* was released on 25 July 2025 via Naxos World, featuring music by composer Angeline Bell and erhu player Xiao Wang.
2024-10
Katie Yao Morgan received the Frans Schreuder Prize from EPTA Netherlands for the best master's research of 2024 at a Dutch conservatory, on gender bias in piano playing.
2024-09
Piano duo Morgan/Van Nee performed on 4 September 2024 in the Kleine Zaal of the Concertgebouw as winners of the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours.
2024-02
Piano duo Morgan/Van Nee won the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours 2024; the jury praised the duo as "playful, spontaneous, colourful and enormously virtuosic".
2024
Katie Yao Morgan appeared for the third time as 'Young Hero' on the TV programme Podium Witteman on NPO Klassiek, following earlier performances in 2020 and 2022.

Tracks

Echoes of the OrientDebut album on Naxos World, released on 25 July 2025

Butterfly LoversOriginal composition on the album *Echoes of the Orient* (2025)

Julia, het jonge meisje (Prokofjev)Performed at Podium Witteman in 2020

Quatremains-programma (Duo Morgan/Van Nee)Program with which the duo won the Grachtenfestival Concours 2024, featuring works by Ravel and Khachaturian