Jia Ning Ng
Pianist
Singaporean pianist Jia Ning Ng is a collaborative and concert pianist based in Glasgow, where she works as Staff Accompanist at both the Junior and Senior Conservatoire at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. A graduate of the Conservatoire, she was appointed to the faculty shortly after completing her Artist Diploma, Master’s degree and First-Class Honours Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance. Upon graduation, she was endorsed by Arts Council England under the Global Talent route, recognising her as an exceptional artist in her field.
Jia Ning is an active collaborative pianist with a particular interest in art song and chamber music. She is an alumna of the Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange, Leeds Song Festival Young Artists Programme, and the Oxford Song Young Artist Programme. She has appeared at venues including Wigmore Hall, London and Salle Cortot, Paris, amongst other venues across England and Scotland.
In 2025, Jia Ning won First Prize at the Northern Aldborough Festival New Voices Singing Competition with soprano Rachel Munro. They will perform at the Leeds Song Festival in April 2026 and return to the Northern Aldborough Festival for a Winners’ Recital in June 2026, and are also semi-finalists in the 2026 Rebecca Clarke Song Competition.
As a solo pianist, Jia Ning has performed widely across Scotland and the UK. She made her debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra after winning the RCS Concerto Competition, and was awarded the Conservatoire’s Governor’s Recital Prize for Keyboard upon graduation, leading to a Scottish concert tour. Her awards include the Philip Halstead Prize, Walcer Recital Prize, Mozart Memorial Concerto Prize and the Performance Prize for Keyboard. Her studies at the Conservatoire were fully supported by scholarships from the Inches Carr Trust and the Craxton Memorial Trust. In February and March 2026, she will give solo recitals for music societies in Inverness and Dollar.
Updated January 2026