Pianist Mariko Kaneda received her musical education at the Paris Conservatoire, France. An award winner, Mariko has won prizes at the  Montreal International Piano Competition, the Maria Canals  International Piano Competition, and the European Piano Competition in  Luxembourg.

As an active chamber musician, she has collaborated with violinist Anastasia Tchebotaryova, a prize-winner of Tchaikovsky Competition, Aaron Rosand, and with cellists Janos Starker, Bernard Greenhouse, violist Paul Neubauer and the Colorado String Quartet. Her participation in music festival includes the East End Chamber Series in Adelaide, Australia, and Bard Music Festival. In January 2002, she performed the U.S. premiere of the Krzysztof Penderecki’s Piano Sextet at Ohio State University and participates regularly in OSU’s contemporary music festivals. Since 1998, Mariko performed regularly with the Lighthouse Chamber Players based in Cape Cod.

She resides in Columbus, Ohio, and performs regularly with the Sunday@Central Chamber Music Recital Series in downtown Columbus. She is serving as the co-artistic director of the Roycroft Chamber Music Festival in East Aurora, NY and is currently on the faculty at Ohio Wesleyan University.