CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT | EASTER WITH CHOPIN | HARUKA MATSUMOTO

Haruka Matsumoto was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, in 1995. She began her musical education at the age of four, learning to play the piano. Haruka successfully graduated from two prestigious institutions: the Toho College of Music in Tokyo and the renowned Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She studied under several esteemed professors, including Koji Shimoda, Yoshito Numasawa, Hitomi Kamba, Hiroe Arai, Ayami Iida, and Anna Jastrzębska-Quinn.

She has participated in masterclasses conducted by renowned pianists and educators such as Eliso Virsaladze, Pascal Devoyon, Mikhail Voskresensky, Kálmán Dráfi, and Takako Takahashi.

Haruka is a laureate of numerous national and international piano competitions. She won first prize at the Japan Piano Competition in 2020, first prize and the Grand Prix at the Danubia Talents International Competition in Hungary in 2024, first prize and the Grand Prix award at the K Competition in Tokyo, the Silver Prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia in 2017, and second prize at the International Piano Competition Paderewski in Memoriam in Poland.

She has performed in various venues across Poland and Japan, including Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Poland’s Pałac Radziwiłłów, the Embassy of Japan in Poland, and KAWAI concert halls in Osaka, Hiroshima, and Warsaw.

Additionally, she shares her knowledge with the younger generation of pianists in Poland. Haruka has a deep understanding of Fryderyk Chopin’s works and Polish piano music, which she continues to explore and bring to life in her performances.