Ayane Shoda (b.1996) started playing the piano at the age of 3, and by the time she was 12 she had participated in 14 competitions and received 10 first prizes.

At the age of 15, she began to participate in the senior category, winning Third Prize at the Osaka International Music Competition and at the age of 16, she was a semifinalist at the Epinal International Concour. In 2015, she received the First Prize at the Malaga International Music Competition, 2016, and First Prize at the Valsesia International Competition. She received Third Prize at the Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize. In 2019, she received the Grand Prix, First Prize, Katsarava Prize, ANA Prize, and the Russian Music Prize at the 1st Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition by  unanimous decision of the jury.

She began studying Russian piano technique at the age of 13. In 2016, she held her first concert in Malaga, Spain, and since then she has periodically held concerts and recitals in Tokyo and Osaka. She was a participant in Professor Dina Yoffe’s master classes in France, Austria, Spain, and Japan, and in 2017, she participated in the master classes of Professor Eliso Virsaladze, Professor Billy Eidi, and Professor Guigla Katsarava. She was a special president scholarship student of the Tokyo College of Music. After graduation, Ayane began teaching the Russian piano technique she had learned to her students.

As a Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition prizewinner, she was scheduled to perform a recital in Paris in 2020, but due to the pandemic, it is still postponed. She currently works at the Mori Music Office, serving as a professional pianist and piano tutor. She is also an accomplished accompanist to violinists, vocalists, and instrumental soloists, and in November 2022, she performed a critically acclaimed concert with a German Lied singer on repertory including Schubert, Strauss, and Mahler.

2022 Third Olga Kern International Piano Competition. Competitor.