Jas Ogiste

Recognized by The New York Times for her “tender, yearning solos” and by New York Classical Review for her “thoughtful tone,” Jas Ogiste is a classical pianist and collaborative artist from New York.

Jas has worked with renowned musicians including clarinetist David Krakauer, soprano Candice Hoyes, violist Jessica Meyer, pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton, and violinist Laurie Carney of the American String Quartet. She has been featured at Lincoln Center, the United Palace Theater, Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center, the Harlem School of the Arts, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As pianist of the Manhattan Quintet at the Manhattan School of Music, she was selected for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Young Artist Program 2024, the 2024–25 season of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and was a finalist in the Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition. Jas has also served as resident pianist for The Harlem Chamber Players and Sugar Hill Salon Chamber Music since 2022, and previously worked as a researcher for WQXR’s podcast Every Voice with Terrance McKnight.

Jas earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from Oberlin College and Conservatory, where she studied with Haewon Song, as well as a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of Jiayin Li. For the 2025–26 academic year, Jas is a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar and artist-in-residence at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris. She will pursue a Diplôme Supérieur at the École Normale de Musique de Paris “Alfred Cortot,” where she will study with Suzana Bartal.