2026 Bay PianoFest Artist Faculty

Festival Date: 08/03-08/13, 2026

Location: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA, USA

Our faculty members are distinguished faculty from universities and conservatories with a fresh approach to teaching, dedicated instruction, and a keen understanding of the state of the arts.

  • Yoshikazu Nagai

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Artistic Director)

    Faculty Bio
  • A man in a tuxedo and bow tie sitting at a grand piano, looking at the camera with a neutral expression.

    Boris Berman

    Yale University — School of Music

    Faculty Bio

  • Alexander Korsantia

    New England Conservatory of Music

    Faculty Bio
  • A man with curly red hair and a slight smile, wearing a black jacket over a white shirt, sitting in front of a piano.

    Boris Slutsky

    Peabody Institute/Yale University — School of music

    Faculty Bio

  • Garrick Ohlsson (Guest Masterclass Artist)

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music

    Faculty Bio
  • A middle-aged man with glasses and light brown hair, dressed in a gray suit, light-colored shirt, and a yellow patterned tie, standing against a dark wooden background.

    Jerome Lowenthal

    The Juilliard School

    Faculty Bio
  • A smiling middle-aged man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and striped tie, with dark hair and a light skin tone.

    Alan Chow

    The Eastman School of Music

    Faculty Bio
  • A woman with dark, wavy hair wearing a black sweater, standing with crossed arms and leaning against a wall in a hallway.

    HieYon Choi

    Peabody Institute

    Faculty Bio
  • Portrait of a smiling older man in a suit and tie, with a blurred office background.

    Douglas Humpherys

    Eastman School of Music

    Faculty Bio
  • A man in a black suit is smiling and leaning on a piano, with a dark background.

    Enrico Elisi

    Texas Christian University

    Faculty Bio
  • An older woman with short gray hair, smiling, standing next to a black grand piano in a performance hall with red theater seats.

    Rebecca Penneys

    Eastman School of Music (Emerita)

    Faculty Bio
  • A man in a tuxedo standing in front of a grand piano, smiling at the camera.

    Alvin Chow

    Oberlin Conservatory

    Faculty Bio
  • A woman with curly blonde hair sitting at a table, smiling and resting her face on her hand, holding a pen near her mouth, in a classroom setting with a whiteboard in the background.

    Sharon Mann

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music

    Faculty Bio
  • A smiling woman with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a blue blouse and pearl necklace, sitting in what appears to be an auditorium with empty seats in the background.

    Kathryn Brown

    Cleveland Institute of Music

    Faculty Bio

  • Esther Jeehae Ahn

    Weber State University
    (BPF Associate Faculty)

    Associate Faculty Bio

  • Zhen Chen

    Pre-College of Manhattan School of Music (BPF Associate Faculty)

    Associate Faculty Bio

Application Deadline: 03/15/2026

Festival Date: 08/03-08/13, 2026

Location: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA, USA

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