Parker Van Ostrand

Young Artist Competition Winner
and Tour Soloist

Parker Van Ostrand was born and raised in Sacramento, California. He is currently studying at the University of California, Los Angeles, and continues to study with Yoshikazu Nagai and Garrick Ohlsson. He recently performed with the San Francisco Symphony for their All San Francisco Concert, opening the 2025-26 season. In the previous season, Parker played with the Sacramento Philharmonic and the San Diego Symphony. He also played at the opening of the Michael Milken Institute in Washington DC. In November 2022, Parker collaborated with Yuja Wang in a two-piano performance in San Francisco. That same year, he traveled with the California Youth Symphony to Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. His previous teachers include Sarah Chan, Natsuki Fukasawa, Linda Nakagawa, and Jon Nakamatsu.

Updated October 2026