Jojo Yuen

Jojo is a Hong Kong-Australian pianist in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Music at the Australian National University (ANU), where she studies piano with Dr Edward Neeman and Dr Stephanie Neeman.

A Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) musician, Wesley Scholar and former CSO Kingsland Fellow, she has received multiple awards and scholarships including the Margaret Smiles Associate Musician Prize, Christel Larko Music Scholarship and Winifred Burston Memorial Prize. She recently won Second Prize and People's Choice in the Whitworth Roach Classical Music Competition 2026. An active performer in the Canberra music scene, she has performed in Llewellyn Hall, Wesley Music Centre, The Street Theatre, the National Library of Australia, the National Convention Centre, Smith's Alternative, and the Embassies of Croatia, Japan and Hungary.

Jojo has competed and won in various international piano competitions, including the Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition, Queensland Piano Competition and Zhongsin International Music Competition. She also has a strong passion for chamber music, which was shaped by her participation in the Ameropa International Chamber Music Academy in Prague in 2018, 2019 and 2026. Since then, she has become a dedicated chamber musician and collaborator, performing regularly with ensembles including the Songroads Ensemble under the guidance of Dr Anna McDonald and Malek Mohammadi Nejad. In 2025, her ensemble received First Prize in the Friends of the ANU School of Music Ensemble Prize and the People’s Choice Prize in 2024.

Jojo has recently returned from a semester exchange at the University of Vienna, studying with various internationally acclaimed artists such as Marek Ruszczynski and Jimmy Chiang.

Jojo has been teaching the piano since 2022 - her love for performance is parallel to her love for teaching. Feel free to send her a message!