About
Based in New York City, Korean-born pianist Bin Yu Sanford is an active collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and member of the music staff at leading opera companies across the United States.
Sanford has served on the music staff of major institutions, including San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera, and her professional engagements have also encompassed collaborations with Houston Grand Opera, the Atlanta Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Her artistic partnerships feature work with renowned conductors—among them Richard Bado, Daniela Candillari, Dame Jane Glover, Roberto Kalb, Eun Sun Kim, Gemma New, and Patrick Summers.
Her performance credits include appearances at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium, Opera America Salutes, the Salzburg Festival Society Gala, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club, Rienzi Museum, Cullen Theater (Houston), and Houston Grand Opera’s Giving Voice concert.
Equally devoted to teaching, Sanford has contributed as a vocal coach to leading young artist programs, most notably LA Opera's Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists’ Vocal Academy (YAVA). She is an alumna of Wolf Trap Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, and the Music Academy of the West.
Sanford earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and an Artist Diploma in Opera Coaching at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (CCM). She is also a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and the Houston Grand Opera’s Sarah and Ernest Butler Studio.