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 Advisor)

  • A man in a tuxedo with a bow tie sitting at a grand piano, looking at the camera.

    Boris Berman

    Yale University — School of Music

  • Alexander Korsantia

    New England Conservatory of Music

  • Woman with dark hair leaning against a wall, arms crossed, wearing a black sweater, in an indoor corridor.

    HieYon Choi

    Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

  • A middle-aged man with glasses, wearing a gray suit, light green shirt, and a yellow patterned tie, smiling and sitting in front of a dark wooden background.

    Jerome Lowenthal

    The Juilliard School

  • A smiling man with short black and gray hair, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie, in an indoor setting.

    Alan Chow

    The Eastman School of Music

  • A smiling man in a dark suit and blue shirt leaning on a piano against a dark background.

    Enrico Elisi

    Texas Christian University

  • An elderly man with white hair, wearing a dark blue button-up shirt, sitting with arms crossed and holding glasses, in an indoor setting.

    Boris Slutsky

    Peabody Institute of Music

  • A man in a tuxedo with glasses, smiling, standing in front of a grand piano.

    Alvin Chow

    Oberlin College and Conservatory

  • A woman with curly, light brown hair sitting at a table, holding a blue pen to her face, with a whiteboard in the background.

    Sharon Mann

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music

  • Professional man in a suit smiling, standing in an office.

    Douglas Humpherys

    Eastman School of Music

  • A smiling woman in a black shirt with a gold leaf pattern standing beside a grand piano in an auditorium with red seats.

    Rebecca Penneys

    Eastman School of Music

Application Deadline: 03/15/2026

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

Location: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA, USA

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