Kanon Matsuda
In March 2004 in Moscow at the International Piano and Piano Ensembles Competition dedicated to the memory of Edward Grieg, Kanon was named the winner of the I Prize (Grand Prix). In November 2006, at the seventh International Television Competition for Young Musicians "Nutcracker", Kanon took the first place and received the "Golden Nutcracker". In April, 2009, in New York at AADGT International Young Musicians Competition "Passion of Music 2009" she took a gold medal. In November 2010, in Aktobe at the international competition "Classic 2010" Kanon received the Grand Prix. In May 2011, she won the third prize at the IX International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev. In November 2011, Kanon won Skryabin’s scholarship "Path to Skryabin." In March 2012, she was named the winner of the festival of romantic music of young musicians in Moscow. In February 2013 Kanon was recognized as the best student in 2012 at Moscow Secondary Special Music School (College) after Gnesins.