A National Arts Council Young Artist Award Recipient, Chua Yew Kok has forged an impressive career as a pipa instrumentalist and as an educator.

Born in Singapore, Chua clinched his first major award, winning 1st prize at the 1998 National Chinese Music Competition, Pipa Open Category. Since his graduation from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2006, he has pursued his passion avidly. Chua’s endeavours were not in vain, for he was awarded the National Arts Council Arts Scholarship in 2013 for him to pursue his studies at the China Conservatory of Music.

​Contributing to the development of Singapore’s Chinese orchestral scene, Chua currently serves as the pipa soloist of Ding Yi Music Company and the Secretariat of Singapore Pipa Society. He is also a dedicated mentor, doing his part in inspiring the future generation of the Chinese music scene.

自中学开始学习琵琶，启蒙于黄锦亮老师，之后向刘璐老师学习。1997年师从刘燕老师，1998年获得新加坡全国华乐比赛琵琶公开组冠军，其精湛的演奏技艺开始引起乐界的广泛关注。2002年考入南洋艺术学院音乐系，师从刘燕老师，2006年以优异的成绩毕业并获得学士学位。2013年又远赴中国音乐学院深造，攻读研究生课程，拜琵琶演奏家杨靖教授为师，2016年研究生毕业获得硕士学位，并成功举办了个人专场毕业音乐会。现为新加坡鼎艺团弹拨组首席、新加坡琵琶学会副会长、南洋艺术学院少年艺术学校天才班琵琶教师。这些年来他与各种艺术团体都有过跨界合作演出，曾举办过数场个人独奏专场音乐会，由于这些年他在音乐演奏上的突出表现，2013年，他获得了新加坡青年文化奖，这是对他这些年为艺术忘我追求的高度肯定。友国在琵琶的艺术道路上也曾经得到琵琶大师、教育家王范地教授、李景侠教授、樊薇教授、琵琶演奏家杨维的指导，获益良多。