LOGINYap Qin
Field(s) of study: Violin Born : Malaysia Degrees: Bachelor of Music (Honours), NAFA/Royal College of Music (UK / Singapore); Diploma in Music, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Biography: Growing up in a musical family, Yap Qin started learning violin and piano at the age of 3 with both of her parents as musicians; father, a conductor and a violinist and mother, a pianist. She is an active player who constantly found herself performing on stage not only as a soloist, chamber musician and an orchestra player. Starting at a young age of 7, she was an avid member of Jesselton Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) and became co-concertmaster from 2014-2017. Through JPO, she had performed for the Tip of Borneo Concert, Malaysia-Korea Opera Gala Friendship Concert, JPO Annual Concerts and JPO Chamber Music Concert Series. In the year 2010-2016, she was selected to join the program Permata Seni Muzik Orchestra for the musically gifted children organized by Malaysia’s former first lady. The program enabled her the opportunity to perform in different countries such as Dubai, Kazakhstan, Germany, and Beijing. She was also selected to be the concertmaster from 2015 to 2016. Throughout the program, she was packed with different aspects of music like violin techniques, playing as soloist together with the orchestra and leading in chamber and orchestra. Furthermore, the program has given her the chance to perform to some of the prominent figures like Prime Ministers, Kings, Queens and Presidents of different countries during their official visit to Malaysia. As a fresh graduate from NAFAxRCM, she was a recipient of Lucien Wang Scholarship and NAFA Merit Awards. In 2020, she was awarded with a Dean’s List. On top of that, she has been leading the NAFA Orchestra as a concertmaster from 2020 to 2023 under the baton of Mr. Lim Yau. Faculty : Faculty since October 2023. Team Lead of Department for Violin Studies.