The Krishnan-Baek Duo is made up of guitarist Stephen Krishnan and pianist Jae-Eun Baek. They perform original arrangements as well as works composed for guitar and piano. The works they program highlight the unique attributes of each instrument and combine them to create a sound that is both traditional and new.

Stephen Krishnan is a guitarist and educator based in Austin. An advocate for contemporary classical music, he enjoys playing solo and in chamber ensembles. He has been featured by notable arts organizations including Austin Chamber Music Center, Austin Classical Guitar, Conspirare, and The Contemporary Austin at Laguna Gloria. Most recently, he performed a live soundtrack to the 1925 silent film “Phantom of the Opera” alongside his Moontower Duo partner, Sandy Yamamoto, and Annie Jacobs-Perkins. Stephen also performed on Conspirare's album The Singing Guitar with the Austin Guitar Quartet, which received a Grammy Nomination in 2021. Stephen completed his Bachelor of Music at the University of Texas at Austin under Adam Holzman, and his Masters in Music at the University of Southern California under Bill Kanengiser. He is the Guitar Director at Orpheus Academy of Music, leads the Austin Classical Guitar Youth Sinfonia, and is adjunct faculty at Huston-Tillotson University.

Pianist Jae-Eun Baek is originally from Seoul, South Korea where she grew up and began studying music.Having been born into a family of musicians, and with a composer as a mother, Jae-Eun was exposed to music from a young age. As a teenager she was trained in an arts school which specialized in an educational system for gifted young artists.She received a Bachelor of Music from Yonsei University, in Seoul, South Korea. After finishing college, she moved to the United States and completed her Master’s degree at Indiana University with Prof. Edward Auer. Later, she moved to Austin to pursue her Doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the recipient of the 2016–2019 Butler School of Music Scholarship and the 2016–2019 College of Fine Arts Scholarship. Currently, she is working as a pre-college piano director at the Orpheus Academy of Music where she teaches, develops curriculum, and mentors young teachers. She is certified in Kodaly and is specialized in teaching group theory classes to children grades K-5. Besides teaching, Jae-Eun is an adjunct professor at Austin Community College. She is an active performer and enjoys chamber music collaborations with colleagues.