Jun Asai has performed with orchestras around the world, including the L.A. Philharmonic, Glendale Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, Utah Symphony, Nagoya Philharmonic, and Shanghai Philharmonic. Prizewinner at various competitions—L.A. Phil’s Kaper Awards, the National Chopin Competition, Shanghai Int’l Competition, Joanna Hodges Int’l Competition, Bachauer Int’l Competition, New Orleans Int’l Competition, Città di Cantù Int’l Piano Competition, among others. Her teachers include Eduardo Delgado, Daniel Pollack, Oxana Yablonskaya, and Yoheved Kaplinsky. She has also worked with Yong Hi Moon, John O’Conor, Arie Vardi, Mikhail Voskressensky, and Nelita True. She gave her debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Hall in 2002, appeared four times on the TV program “Musical Encounter,” and played the role of a piano prodigy in “Sneakers” with Robert Redford. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and grew up locally in Pasadena, where she studied at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and later at the Colburn School of Music. She entered the undergraduate program at Juilliard School at age 15 and went on to attain a master’s degree. She continued her postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University under the tutelage of Leon Fleisher. For further information, please go to www.junasai.com.

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