Lynn Ueno is a 14-year-old pianist from California. She began her musical training at the age of 4 under Professor Anna Poklewski, a pianist from Poland, and Ms. Bianca Roesli, and now studies piano under Ryu Matsuda and Rina Sudo. Lynn's passion for music has led her to remarkable achievements from a young age.
At age 6, Lynn made her debut performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She has since won numerous awards and prizes internationally. In 2019, she won 1st Prize at the "International Music Competition London Grand Prize Virtuoso." In 2020, she received the FIRST PRIZE + EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG TALENT Special Prize at the "International Music Competition Bonn Grand Prize Virtuoso," as well as the 1st Prize at the "2020 American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition," which led to an invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2022.
In 2021, Lynn continued her winning streak with the 1st Prize in the Great Composers Competition, the 1st Prize in the US New Star Piano Competition (Chopin category), the 2nd Prize in the KAMSA Competition, and an award at the United States International Music Competitions — an achievement she repeated in 2022 and 2023.
In 2022, Lynn received the Platinum Award, with the highest score in her category, at the Quebec International Music Competition.
At age 11, Lynn achieved a "Distinction" in her ARSM (Associate of the Royal Schools of Music) Diploma of ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).
In 2023, Lynn received the Gold Prize at the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition and was featured at a NAVI Top Prize Winners' Gala Concert. She also received 2nd Prize at the San Francisco International Piano Competition (formerly the Artcial International Piano Competition) — an honor she repeated in 2024. Through this competition, she was invited to perform at the Honors Concert at Herbst Theatre at the San Francisco Performing Arts Center and at Caroline H. Concert Hall.
In 2024, Lynn was selected as a Young Artist of the Bay Piano Fest, held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and performed in a Young Artists Concert. That same year, she held her first solo piano concert in Oita, Japan, attracting an audience of over 200 and raising 197,094 JPY for Red Cross Noto Peninsula Earthquake Relief.
In 2025, Lynn was accepted into the Toho Gakuen School of Music's children's music program (Toho Gakuen "Ongaku Kyoshitsu") in Tokyo, where she studies piano under Ryu Matsuda and chamber music under Sonoko Matsuya. That year, she also earned 2nd Prize in the Bay Philharmonic Young Recitalist Concerto Competition, performing at the event, which was covered by a local newspaper, and received the Silver Medal at the 26th International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia — National Round, Concerto Division. In the summer of 2025, she made her orchestral debut at the Perugia Music Festival in Perugia, Italy.
In 2026, Lynn won the Silver Prize at the Tokyo Round and an Honorable Mention at the National Round of the 27th International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia. That year, she also took part in a chamber music masterclass with the Horszowski Trio, as well as masterclasses at the Toho Gakuen School of Music with Hiroe Arai and Shohei Sekimoto.
Lynn appreciates having had opportunities to learn from great pianists and teachers including Mikhail Voskresensky, Ilana Vered, Jerome Lowenthal, Shohei Sekimoto, Alexander Kobrin, Alan Chow, Alvin Chow, Yoshikazu Nagai, Esther Jeehae Ahn.
She also studies Jazz under the Grammy-nominated Randy Porter and played piano in her school Jazz Band, which was awarded at the Campana Jazz Festival.