Friday, March 28, 2025 at 6:00 pm
Lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer and “a pianist of sterling artistry” by Gramophone, Michelle Cann is one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation and a leading interpreter of the music of Florence Price. Recent engagements include appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Her honors include the Sphinx Medal of Excellence and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award. A committed educator, she joined the Curtis Institute of Music piano faculty in 2020 as the inaugural Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies. In 2024, she was named the inaugural Christel DeHaan Artistic Partner of the American Pianists Association, responsible for artistic oversight of the American Pianists Awards. This is Michelle Cann’s Savannah Music Festival debut.
Florence Price Fantasie Nègre Nos. 1, 2, 4
Margaret Bonds Spiritual Suite
Betty Jackson King Four Seasonal Sketches
Nora Holt Negro Dance Opus 25, No. 1
Hazel Scott
Improvisation on Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C-sharp minor
Improvisation on Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
