Ryan Gannon is a 15-year-old from California. He is an 11th grader at The Nueva School in San Mateo. He has studied piano with Sujeeva Hapugalle since he was four years old. Ryan loves performing and competing. He has won first place in numerous international competitions. He has performed at Carnegie Hall five times since 2013. He has been selected twice for the Young Artist Piano Program of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
Ryan has raised over $25,000 by performing at charitable concerts. He gave his first full piano concert at age 8 to raise money to buy a piano for his local elementary school. He has participated in community fundraising concerts every year since to help send local children to the San Francisco Symphony and other musical venues. He founded the Musical Outreach Club at his high school to nurture the school’s musical talent and to share it with the community.
In addition to piano and school, Ryan enjoys sound design and production, swimming, tennis, math, reading, and spending time with his family and friends.
