
Assistant Professor Ysan Suit Yin
Head of Programme, Classical Music
Academic Qualifications
MMus Piano Performance
FRSM in Teaching
LRSM in Teaching
LTCL in Teaching
ATCL in Teaching
Areas of Interest
Assistant Professor Ysan Suit Yin is the head of the Classical Music programme at UCSI University. She is a very dedicated teacher and her academic achievements are mainly in teaching, ATCL (Teaching), LTCL (Teaching), LRSM (Teaching) and she was one of the first in Southeast Asia to be awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Schools of Music (FRSM) in teaching. Suit Yin currently also holds the role of examiner for the Classical and Jazz panel, Trinity College of London.
While living in London, Suit Yin studied with Professor Vanessa Latarche, late Professor Dr Colin Kingsley, late Dennis Lee and Toh Chee Hung. Suit Yin received an exemption from undergraduate study, hence a place was offered in London College of Music with bursary for a Master’s Degree study under the guidance of Piano Professor Andrew Zolinsky.
Suit Yin is frequently invited to be the adjudicator in the UCSI International Piano Festival and Competition since 2014 till present day. She was also invited to adjudicate the Asia International Piano Competition in 2015. Since 2018, she was frequently invited to judge piano competition and presented piano masterclasses in Medan, Surabaya and Jakarta, Indonesia. She was an adjudicator for the 2023 Chopin Memorial Prizes Hong Kong International Piano Open Competition. She was also invited to give piano masterclass at Tianyue Piano Citu, Jiangxi, China in 2024.
Suit Yin contributed a write-up “Tribute to Professor Dr Colin Kingsley” to European Piano Teacher-Piano Professional-spat UK and was published in the April 2021, Issue 56. Suit Yin performed in the Free Hand 2022: 2nd Malaysian Contemporary Composers Piano Festival. She had a joint recital with Mathias Boegner, a German/Swiss violinist at UCSI University and at SOTA recital hall in Singapore. She had a joint-recital with a Taiwanese clarinettist, David Shih-Wei Lin on July 2025. Recently, she was invited to judge the Hong Kong International Youth Performance Art Festival and Music
Competition (HKYPA) in Medan, Indonesia, Oct 2025 followed by another adjudicate for Perfect Tone National Music Competition in Surabaya, Indonesia in Nov 2025.
Performances
- Joint Recital with Taiwanese clarinettist, David Shih-Wei Lin. Performed on 31 July 2025 in Recital Hall, UCSI University.
- Invited as guest performer to perform with Mathias Boegner at the School of the Arts' (SATO) concert hall, Singapore, 2023
- Joint Recital with Mathias Boagner. Performed on 23 Feb 2023 in Recital Hall, UCSI University.
- Free Hand Festival 2023 featuring 9 Malaysian Composer Works. Performed on 25 June 2022 in Recital Hall, UCSI University.
Others
- Invited to present piano masterclass in Jiangxi-Hainan, China. Presented on 20 Dec 2024 in TIANYUE Piano City, China.
- A Tribute to Professor Colin Kingsley (a well-known musician and pianist in Edinburgh) from musician in Malaysia. "Piano Professional APRIL 2021 | ISSUE 56 | ww.epta-uk.org (European Piano Teacher Association-epta UK)"
Adjudication
- Perfect Tone National Music Competition in Surabaya, Indonesia, 2025
- The 13th Hong Kong International Performance Arts Festival and Music Competition in Medan, Indonesia, 2025
- Elyon Music National Competition (EMNC), Surabaya, Indonesia, 2024
- UCSI International Piano Festival and Competition (Junior category in the Preliminary round), 2024
- Kuen Cheng High School Annual Piano Competition (Final round), 2023
- The Chopin Memorial Prizes Hong Kong International Piano (Malaysian Division), 2023
Workshops
- Designed and Conducted Writing Jury Report, 2022-2025
- Baroque Dance Workshop. Chairperson and Team Leader, 2023
Others
- Trinity College of Music, Classical Examination. Examined Music Instrumental examinations, 2023-2025
- Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia (QRAM), Lifetime member
- Malaysian Association Music for Education (MAME), Lifetime member
- Examiner Panel of Classical and Jazz, Trinity College of Music), Lifetime member




  