Brahm Sasner

Named one of five finalists for the 2027 American Piano Awards, whose Cole Porter Fellowship is one of the most significant honors available to an emerging American jazz pianist, Brahm Sasner is a pianist based in New York and originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. He came up through the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars and the Vail Jazz workshop before earning a Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music. He has performed at Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, toured in the United States and Portugal, and won recognition from YoungArts and the Rubato International Piano Competition. He served as a Mentor Fellow at the 2026 Stanford Jazz Workshop, teaching piano and jazz history to younger musicians.