MURASAKI MATSUTANI ⎥Classicalia 2022/23 Candidate

Born in Tokyo, Japan Murasaki Matsutani is a seven-year-old pianist who now resides in Ontario, Canada. She started playing the piano at the age of five. Despite her young age, Murasaki recently won the second prize in the under 12 year old category at the 3rd Jeune Chopin international competition held in Lugano, Switzerland. She is currently studying under the guidance of Michael Berkovsky and Coral Solomon. Murasaki is also a budding composer with dreams of writing her own opera. She hopes to one day conduct an orchestra.