Niko Yin was born in Xuancheng, China, in 2002. She began learning piano at the age of five. In 2014, she entered the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Secondary School, where she studied composition with Qiang Weihao and Gao Hong. In 2015, she placed fourth in the Los Angeles International Youth Piano Competition. In 2017, she won the Singapore International Youth Piano Competition. In 2021, she was accepted into the bachelor’s program in composition at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater, where she studies with Chen Xiaoyong and Gordon Kampe.