Yuki Negishi is increasingly in demand as an artist of rare poetry, intensity and virtuosity with a vast repertoire and a magnetic personality. Recent engagements include recitals in Tokyo, Hannover, New York, at the Festival di Londra 2007 (Ripatransone, Italy), the Leeds International Concert Series, as well as in London and elsewhere throughout the United Kingdom.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Yuki Negishi started playing the piano at the age of 5 in New York City. At the age of 10 she was accepted by The Juilliard School Pre-College Division as an honorary scholarship student in the class of the late Richard Fabre, who was himself a pupil of the celebrated Rosina Lhevinne. After completing her studies at the Toho Gakuen School of Music with honours and at the Amsterdam Conservatory, she completed her Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Performance and Masters in Music Degree, both with distinction. More recently she received the Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music, London, where she studied with Mikako Abe, Jan Marisse Huizing, and Ruth Nye MBE. Yuki has also worked with such eminent figures as the late Takahiro Sonoda, Christian Zacharias, the late Irina Zaritskaya, Dominique Merlet, Dr. Peter Katin and Murray Perahia. At the age of 16, she was the youngest prize-winner at the Takahiro Sonoda Piano Competition and she was awarded the 2nd prize at the 2000 International Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Bucharest. Since coming to the UK in 2001 she has won numerous prizes at the RCM and elsewhere.

Yuki Negishi has been invited to perform in recitals and festivals, and has made appearances with orchestras in the UK, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Romania, Japan and the USA. She has toured extensively in the Netherlands supported by The International Holland Music Sessions, performing in no fewer than 15 cities (including the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam). In the UK, she has performed in recitals, among others, at the Blüthner Piano Centre, Steinway Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the Haverhill Sinfonia Summer Music Series, for the Concordia Foundation, and for the Chopin Society in London. She also performed the complete Preludes of Chopin at the event “Seeking Chopin” for the inauguration of the publication of the critical Peters Edition, London with the renowned musicologist Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger in 2004. Her performances have been broadcast on Dutch, Polish, Romanian and French television and radio. Also a keen chamber musician, she has collaborated with members of the Japan Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. She is a member of the Landon Chamber Ensemble.