Owen Espinosa of Kingston, Washington, first started piano at the age
of 7, initially taking lessons from his church worship leader, Leilani
Montagne. During his Middle and High School years, he continued
piano instruction under Dr. Irene Bowling of Bremerton, Washington.
In college, he studied under Dr. Li-Shan Hung in Piano Performance at
the Biola Conservatory of Music in California.

Owen has received multiple awards in various competitions including
Seattle’s Russian Chamber Music Festival, MTNA Performance
competitions, Washington State Recitalists, KMTA Senior competition
and other events. Most notably, Owen is a four-time winner of the
National Fine Arts Festival from 2016-2019. Just recently, he placed first
in the Masterworks Concerto Competition and was awarded the
opportunity to perform the first movement of Prokofiev’s 3rd concerto
with the Masterworks Festival Orchestra in Kentucky.

In addition to over 15 years of musical training, Owen has extensive
experience in chamber music and other styles of collaborative piano. He
has played live on Classical King FM 98.1 and performed for the Russian
Chamber Music Foundation’s “Winter Nights” at Benaroya Hall in
Seattle. Owen has also participated in benefit concerts helping to raise
money for cancer treatment programs and to help homeless teens.