About
Korean-born pianist Bin Yu Sanford maintains an international career as a soloist, collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and member of the music staff at major opera companies, with professional activity encompassing the United States, Asia, and South America. Her recent performance engagements include Carnegie Hall, Opera America Salutes, the Salzburg Festival Society Gala, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Cullen Theater in Houston, and Houston Grand Opera’s Giving Voice concert series.
Serving as guest music staff, Sanford regularly works at San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera. Her professional appointments extend to Houston Grand Opera, Atlanta Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She has assisted conductors such as James Conlon, Dame Jane Glover, Domingo Hindoyan, Eun Sun Kim, and Patrick Summers. Collaborating and coaching with emerging artists through leading young artist programs, Sanford has enjoyed time working at LA Opera’s Domingo–Colburn–Stein Young Artist Program, Wolf Trap Opera, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and Houston Grand Opera’s Sarah and Ernest Butler Studio, Sanford holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and an Artist Diploma in Opera Coaching from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. She earned her previous degrees in Piano Performance from Seoul National University and West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Her teachers include James Tocco, Marie-France Lefebvre, Carl Cranmer, Aviram Reichert, and Sun-Kyung Lee.