A collection of super fun 20th century music! The Threepenny Opera Music contains the famous Mack the Knife, and the Shostakovich and Milhaud are very entertaining pieces.
Connor Mahon began playing piano at age four and was composing his own pieces by age 6. Now 14, his compositions and performances garner widespread recognition. Most recently, the Sacora Trio, for which Connor is the pianist, won the grand prize in the 11-14 category of the Canadian Music Competition, and Connor also won the second prize, making him the top-ranked soloist.
In 2024, the Sacora Trio was awarded the The Mary Hildebrand Award from the ACNMP for their performance of Connor’s original piano trio, Sirens. Connor 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. 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.
Connor studies piano at the Taylor Academy in the studio of Michael Berkovsky. He also studies piano with Olga Zeidel, and with Anya Alexeyev. He studies composition with Eugene Astapov. 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. When he’s not engaged in his music, Connor loves being outdoors and caring for the flora and fauna on his family’s farm.