Meet Our Faculty

Piano Faculty

The Montecito International Music Festival is dedicated to bringing masters of teaching to mentor their students.
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This piano faculty roster is subject to change without notice.
Sahun Sam Hong
Piano Session 1
Fufus Choi
Piano Session 2
Jennifer Cruz
Piano Session 3
Andres Jaramillo
Piano Session 3
Yi-Ju Lai
Piano Session 1,2 ,3
Lucy Nargizyan
Piano Session 3
Eloise Kim
Piano Session 1&2
Barry Tan (Visiting Guest Artist)
Piano Session 1,2 and 3
Sun Wei
Piano Session 3
Svetlana Transky
Piano Session 1 & 2
Ruby Wang
Piano Session 1, 2
Heqing Huang – Visiting Guest Artist
Piano - Session 3
Yang Shen
Piano - Session 2, 3
Marta Aznavoorian
Piano Sessions 1
Ornela Ervin
Piano Sessions 1,2
Xiting Yang
Piano Sessions 1,2
Connie Kim-Sheng
Piano Sessions 1,2
Benjamin Loh
Piano Session 1
Chi Yong Yun
Piano -
Vanessa Fadial, DMA
Piano - Session 1,2
Micah Yui
Piano - Session 2
Dmitry Rachmanov
Piano - Session 1
Fabio Bidini
Piano - Special Guest
Hyoung Wuk Kim
Piano - Session 1, 2
Yi-Yang Chen
Piano - Session 2
Teresa de Jong Pombo
Piano - Session 1
John Perry
Piano - Special Guest
Eric Le Van
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Peter Takacs
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Andrew Park
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Daniel Shapiro
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Valeria Morgovskaya
Staff Pianist
Yurie Iwasaki
Staff Pianist
Vanessa Muen Wei
Piano - Session 1, 2, 3
Regulo Martinez-Anton
Piano - Session 1, 2
Dr. Elvin S. Rodriquez
Piano - General Manager
Jean-Yves Thibaubet
Piano - Master Class