Collaborative pianist Jarod Yap always strives to portray music as a human experience. Based in New York, he is a staff pianist at The Juilliard School, founder of Vision Possible Charity Concerts, and faculty at Lyra Music and BRAVO Chamber Music Workshop during the summers. With soprano Margaret Tigue, he is a 2025 Young Concert Artists semifinalist, 2025 SongStudio Artist, and 2026 Federation of Art Song Fellowship finalist. He has performed at distinguished venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Park Avenue Armory, Merkin Hall, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and important collaborators have included violinists David Chan and Stella Chen, cellists Amy Barston and Horatio Contreras, cut paper artist Bovey Lee, Klangforum Wien, and members of the Argus and Prometheus Quartets. An advocate for giving back to the community, he has performed on Music for Food and If Music be the Food. Studies were at The Juilliard School, Rice University, Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival, RCM, and UT-Health (MPH) with Dr. Lydia Brown, Jeanne Kierman Fischer, Tom Jaber, Mary Handley, Jonathan Feldman, and Cameron Stowe. Notable masterclasses were with JoAnn Falletta, Augustin Hadelich, Renee Fleming, Susan Graham, and Anthony Roth Costanzo. He is the son of Dr. Johnny and Christina Yap and the older brother of Constance Yap.