Damian A. Garcia is a professional musician from Austin, TX, currently living in Taipei, Taiwan. His interest in piano began at the age of five. He later attended the Stanford University Jazz Residency, the University of North Texas Jazz Workshop, the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, and was awarded the Piano Achievement Award by the Texas State University School of Music. Damian is a graduate of the world-renowned University of North Texas jazz studies program where he studied piano with Stefan Karlsson, Michael Palma, and Dan Hearle. Damian is an active performer, and is credited on dozens of studio recordings. He has also performed alongside many great musicians including Paquito d’Rivera, Claudio Roditi, Wayne Bergeron, Frank Wess, Butch Miles, Bob Mintzer, John Fedchock, Taylor Eigsti, Jamey Aebersold, Andre Hayward, Tom Brechtlein, and many others. Most recently, his music has taken him to Japan, having performed several times among some of the best musicians in Tokyo. Damian is an alumnus of the University of North Texas Two O’Clock Lab Band and Jazz Singers.