Yvonne Lai started piano lessons at the age of 6. She began her professional music training in 2000 at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) where she studied with Nancy Loo and Ling Hui. In 2006, she completed the professional diploma in piano accompaniment with distinction. She then furthered her study in San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Mack McCray and Sharon Mann, and received the Bachelor of Music in 2008. She was the winner of the Piano concerto competition of SFCM in the same year, playing Beethoven piano concerto No.2. She is now active as a teacher and accompanist in Hong Kong, and is a staff accompanist for the HKAPA junior department. She had made a CD recording – Point in Time--with Denson Paul Pollard (Bass Trombone, Metropolitan Opera).