Matthew Phan

Matthew Phan (16) of Jacksonville, Florida, is a junior at Bishop Kenny High School. He currently studies piano with Peggy Edwards; his former teacher is Mary Lou Krosnick. He has won awards at the local, state, and national levels. In 2015 and 2016, Matthew was a second place winner in the American Protégé International Piano Competition and performed twice at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City. Matthew has won in the annual Florida Federation of Music Clubs piano solo and concerto categories since 2015 and first place in the Greater Jacksonville Piano Competition since 2016. He is a three time first place winner of Friday Musicale’s Outstanding Young Pianists Competition in the solo, concerto, and ensemble categories and performed in the winners’ concert. In 2017, Matthew won first place in the Florida State Music Teachers Association Junior Piano Concerto Competition. In 2019, he won first place in the Orlando Steinway and Sons Division II Piano Competition. In 2020, Matthew was named First Place winner of Florida’s Music Teachers National Association Junior Piano Performance Competition and the Junior Chopin Prize. In 2021, he was named a recipient of the National Chopin Foundation Scholarship. He won first place in the 2022 Florida State Music Teachers Association Senior Concerto Competition. In 2022, he was named First Place winner of Florida’s Music Teachers National Association Senior Piano Performance Competition and the Senior Chopin Prize. Most recently, he won the Senior Division of the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra’s John Leatherwood Concerto Competition, and consequently, will perform with them in the Stars of Tomorrow Concert in January 2023. At school, Matthew is a First Honors student and a member of the National Spanish Honor Society. He also plays extensively for his school and church. Additionally, he is the principal keyboardist of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra (JSYO) Philharmonic.