Faculty

Our core faculty team brings together world-class musical talent, combining profound academic rigor with extensive practical expertise. Their specialties span the full spectrum of disciplines, including piano, strings, percussion, voice, composition, songwriting, music production, and music technology.

Our internationally acclaimed professors hail from prestigious institutions such as the Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, and the Manhattan School of Music, with additional support from faculty at leading universities including Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco.

With diverse cultural backgrounds and a global teaching perspective, they provide guidance across multiple genres—from classical and jazz to pop and beyond. They are also dedicated to nurturing musically gifted students, refining portfolios, and preparing them for international competitions, ensuring that each student’s individual learning and academic goals are fully supported.

Teachers who can teach both online and in‑person

Dr. Jenny Q Chai

Co-Founder and President of FaceArt
Alumni Mentor at Curtis Institute of Music | Piano Professor of Bard College | Official Career Mentor at Manhattan School of Music | In-Person (Shanghai) / Online Faculty

Piotr Tomasz Szczepanik

Co-Founder of FaceArt
Alumnus of The Juilliard School of Music | Founder of Światowid Media Group | In-Person (Shanghai) / Online Faculty

James Brawn

Pianist | Alumnus of Royal Academy of Music, London | Steinway Artist | In-Person (Shanghai) / Online Faculty

Dr. Yoonie Han

Steinway Artist | Alumna of The Juilliard School | Alumna of Curtis Institute of Music | Associate Professor of the Arts, NYU Shanghai

Dr. Misha Namirovsky

Associate Professor | Department of Piano | Central Conservatory of Music

Dr. Christoph Kirst

Professor of Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) | Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) | In-Person (Shanghai)

Jacob Charles

Qin Player, Composer and Intermedia Artist

Online Mentors

Dr. Mark Applebaum

Stanford University

Dr. Alexandre Moutouzkine

Co-Head of Piano, MSM. Prize-winner of Naumburg, Cleveland, Rubinstein competitions.

Dr. Inesa Sinkevych

Co-Head of Piano, MSM. Laureate of 12th Rubinstein Competition, visiting faculty at FaceArt.

Dr. Chloé Kiffer

Violin and Chamber Music Faculty, MSM. Praised by NY Times for “pure and beautiful tone”.

Visiting Professors

Dr. Jarosław Kapuściński

Former Chair of the Department of Music Tenured Professor of Composition and Intermedia

Dr. François Rose

Director of Undergraduate Composition Senior Lecturer in Music

Ken Ueno

Composer / Vocalist / Sound Artist

Dr. Antonio Juan-Marcos

Symphonic Composer, Vocal Composer & Film Score Composer Lecturer in Harmony & Music Theory, UC Berkeley

Antonio Pompa-Baldi

Distinguished Professor of Piano Head of the Keyboard and Guitar Performance Department

Kara Huber

Grammy-Nominated Pianist Marjorie Wood Drackett Chair of Piano Interlochen Arts Academy

Milica Paranosic

Faculty, Music Technology Manager of the Music Technology Center The Juilliard School

Michael Coonrod

Former Instructor of Piano Interlochen Arts Academy

Mario Alonso

Spanish Pianist

Jerome Lowenthal

Piano Faculty The Juilliard School (Former Chair of the Piano Department)

Wael Farouk

Former Piano Faculty, Chicago College of Performing Arts Current Piano Faculty, Manhattan School of Music

Andrzej Pikul

The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Pikul)

Marian Sobula

President, PianoClassic Association Piano Faculty Academy of Music in Kraków (Poland)

Winston Choi

Associate Professor of Piano Head of the Piano Program Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University

Minghuan Xu

AssistantTeachingProfessorofViolin Program Director of Strings & Guitar Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University

Jonathan Bass

Professor of Piano Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Cindy Cox

Pianist&Composer, Professor of Music Former Chair of the Music Department (2014-2020) UC Berkeley

Jeffrey Cohen

Piano Faculty Coordinator of Piano Master Classes and Competitions

Stefan Schultze

Composer, Pianist & Improviser Professor & Director of Master’s Program in Music Composition Contemporary Jazz Bern University of the Arts (Switzerland)

Anthony De Mare

Piano Faculty (Contemporary Performance) Professor of Piano at NYU-Steinhardt

Gajusz Kęska

Piano Soloist & Chamber Musician Jury President, International Piano Competitions Piano Faculty, Academy of Music in Kraków

Igal Kesselman

Founder & Artistic Director Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition Director of Lucy Moses School & Music Director of Special Music School Kaufman Music Center, Lincoln Center

Dr. Mark Applebaum

Stanford University