Murasaki Matsutani

Murasaki Matsutani is a ten years old pianist, born in Tokyo, Japan, and moved to Canada at age of two. She is currently studying the piano with Michael Berkovsky and composition with Eugene Astapov at the Taylor Academy.

She was awarded the 2nd prize at the inaugural Nashville International Chopin competition in November 2023. She was awarded the 2nd prize in under 12 years old category at the 3rd Jeune Chopin international competition held in Switzerland, in January 2023. 

She was invited to play at the concerts in Lausanne in August 2023 where she had an honour to play alongside Martha Argerich. She was invited to play a piano concerto as a featured soloist with Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra.