About Connor

Connor Mahon began playing piano at age four and was composing his own pieces by age 6. Now 13, his compositions and performances garner widespread recognition. Most recently, the Sacora Trio, for which Connor is the pianist, was awarded the The Mary Hildebrand Award from the ACNMP for their performance of Connor’s original piano trio, Sirens. In 2024, he placed first in composition at the Toronto Kiwanis Festival and was a winner of the Florence Man & Bernard Sze Concerto Competition at the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Phil & Eli Taylor Academy for Young Artists. His performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 featured an original cadenza he composed himself. In 2023, Connor was the Audience Choice Prize winner in piano in the OMNI competition and the Sacora Trio won 1st place for advanced chamber music at OYMI Toronto. In 2022, when Connor was just 11, one of his compositions won first place in the ORMTA provincial competition, and went on to win 2nd place at the national level.

Connor studies piano at the Taylor Academy in the studio of Michael Berkovsky. He also studies piano with Olga Zeidel at the Guelph School of Music, and with Anya Alexeyev at Wilfrid Laurier University. He studies composition with Eugene Astapov at the Taylor Academy. Growing up in the intensely musical city of Guelph, he has become a regular contributor to fundraising performances and community programs. His 2024 fundraising concert for the Children’s Foundation of Guelph & Wellington raised over $3,400 for underprivileged kids to access music lessons and other extracurriculars. When he’s not engaged in his music, Connor loves being outdoors and caring for the flora and fauna on his family’s farm.