Jason Kim-Distinguished Instructor

Pianist Jason Kim is currently also working as staff pianist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

He is also an alumni from the conservatory, where he has completed both his Master’s and Artist Certificate under the tutelage of Professor Yoshikazu Nagai and Professor Jon Nakamastu. 

Jason began playing the piano at the age of six and his first teachers included Dr. George Fee and Mrs. Eunice Ahn. He then studied with Bernadene Blaha of the Thornton School of Music at USC when he was a high school student at Westview High School in San Diego, CA. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree of Music at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and studied with Professor Jon Kimura Parker. Jason has received numerous prizes and awards, including San Diego Musical Merit Scholarship, International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) competition, YMF Scholarship, MTNA CA State Competition, LA Music Center Spotlight, LA Liszt International Piano Competition, RB Chorale Scholarship, and National YoungArts Foundation. In the Summer of 2021, he also performed with the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra as winner of the annual SFCM Piano Concerto Competition. During past summers, he has also studied at several music festivals, which include Brevard Music Festival,  Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival.