Ryan Soeyadi

About

Ryan Soeyadi leaning against a dark brick wall

Ryan Soeyadi is a pianist based in New York City. As a staff pianist at The Juilliard School, he works with musicians in the College and Pre-College divisions.

At Klavierhaus in New York City, Soeyadi and violinist Jihyun Baik presented Paris in Three Voices, a recital of sonatas by Debussy, Poulenc, and Franck. His Groupmuse appearances include a Schubert program with Baik and Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata with cellist Weiting Sun. He appeared as a soloist at Music for Humanity’s 2025 anniversary concert and returned in 2026 with selections from Grieg’s Lyric Pieces.

A first-prize winner at the 2018 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Washington, D.C., Soeyadi also received the special prize for his performance of Szymanowski. He received Music for Humanity’s Grand Scholarship in 2018 and 2020 and served on the jury for the organization’s 2026 scholarship auditions. His other honors include awards at the New York Steinway & Sons Competition and Juilliard’s Mieczysław Munz Competition. He has held fellowships at the Manchester Music Festival, Pianofest in the Hamptons, and the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival.

At Juilliard, Soeyadi earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (2021) and a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano (2023). His teachers included Julian Martin, Lydia Brown, and Jonathan Feldman. He was a Jerome L. Greene Fellow during his master’s studies. He also earned a master’s degree in computer science from Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and works as a software engineer.