Pianist

Guest conductor Ryan Bancroft leads a programmatic tour de force that explores the complexities of the human experience. Opening with Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms, the lamenting elegy for 15 strings was inspired by the composer’s loss of her mother. Then, the demanding Piano Concerto No. 3 of Sergei Prokofiev is a testament to his technical prowess as both a performer and a composer, as brilliantly displayed by British pianist Isata Kanneh- Mason, winner of the 2021 Leonard Bernstein Award. Full of orchestral colour amid manic passages of virtuosity contrasted by moments of serene, lyrical melodies, the concerto is one of the most popular of the 20th century. Finally, Russian compatriot Dmitri Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, written shortly after the death of Joseph Stalin, is a scathing musical indictment of the terror and violence experienced under Stalin’s regime. Sombre, wrenching emotion dominates most of the piece, until, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, it closes with a triumphant climax.

EPSG:4326

Prokofiev’s Piano

David Pecaut Square

Isata Kanneh-Mason drew popular and critical acclaim when her debut album Romance – the Piano Music of Clara Schumann rocketed to No. 1 on the UK classical charts. Gramophone magazine extolled the recording as “one of the most charming and engaging debuts.” Her Cleveland premiere is not to be missed. Hindemith’s Mathis der Mahler is inspired by 16th-century painter Matthias Grünewald and his struggle for artistic freedom of expression in the repressive climate of his day — mirroring Hindemith’s own struggle as the Nazis attained power and repressed dissent.

Kanneh-Mason Plays Schumann

Severance Music Center

The renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returns with soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason, who made her Kansas City recital debut in 2022 with the Series. The orchestra’s new music director Vasily Petrenko will conduct.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

The esteemed orchestra from England returns to The Soraya and brings pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, a fresh voice in classical music who gained fame in the recent post-pandemic months. Championing the works of female composers, she performs Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, a work that also appears on Kanneh-Mason’s 2019 debut recording. Schumann debuted the concerto in 1835 shortly after her 16th birthday. RPO also performs Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Pathétique, which debuted in 1893 just nine days before the composer’s death. While the official cause of Tchaikovsky’s demise was cholera, history hands down a counter-narrative that is widely upheld—that his final composition is actually a musical suicide note. Regardless, the piece’s emotional qualities are undeniable.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, who received critical acclaim for her debut album featuring the music of Clara Wieck Schumann, joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, who received critical acclaim for her debut album featuring the music of Clara Wieck Schumann, joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.

Russian maestro Vasily Petrenko became the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Music Director in the 2021-22 season, after leaving his role as Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. He will conclude his term as Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) in July 2021, closing a fifteen-year period during which he has drawn critical acclaim, global recognition and significantly increased audiences across the region.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is recognized as one of the UK’s most in-demand orchestras, an accolade that would have pleased Sir Thomas Beecham, who founded the Orchestra in 1946. With the dynamic Vasily Petrenko now in place as Music Director and the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales, the RPO’s mission is to foster deeper engagement with communities across the globe to ensure that live orchestral music is accessible to as inclusive and diverse an audience as possible. British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason makes her CAMA orchestral debut performing the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3. She was the recipient of both the coveted Leonard Bernstein Award and an Opus Klassik award for best young artist, and in 2022/2023 stepped into her role as Artist in Residence with the RPO. In November 2021, along with her cellist brother Sheku Kanneh-Mason, she released her first duo recording entitled Muse, beautifully demonstrating the siblings’ musicality and refined skill borne from years of playing and performing together.

Granada Theatre

Program and artists subject to change without notice.

McCallum Theatre

British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason’s star has rapidly risen as she continues to astound and inspire audiences of all backgrounds—aficionados and newcomers alike—with her dazzling interpretations of standard and overlooked repertoire.

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

New England Conservatory

Groton Hill Music Center

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason returns to Celebrity Series for her third performance—this time, her solo debut.

This show is part of a 4-concert series being presented in Groton Hill’s Meadow Hall and is available by subscription only until single tickets for select performances go on sale Tuesday, August 22.

Celebrity Series of Boston presents Isata Kanneh-Mason

Isata Kanneh-Mason makes her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall following recent sold-out performances with her brother Sheku Kanneh-Mason. An ambitious program opens with Haydn’s Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI: 50, a piece replete with timeless character and Haydnesque quirks. Fanny Mendelssohn’s masterful Easter Sonata was a long-lost work that, once found, was wrongly credited to Felix Mendelssohn until shockingly recently. The second half of the recital comprises Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen, a popular suite of 13 brief reminiscences on childhood, and Chopin’s brilliant and exceptionally difficult final piano sonata.

Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano

Carnegie Hall

A Leonard Bernstein and Opus Klassik Award winner for best young artist, Isata Kanneh-Mason returns to SF Performances as she continues to move and inspire audiences worldwide. “She plays with unreserved power when necessary, thundering forth full-bodied chords that combine sonorous weight and perfectly rounded edges”.

Isata Kanneh-Mason | Piano

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Sheku Kanneh-Mason — who rose to worldwide fame after performing at the royal wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry — has quickly become one of the most eloquent and charismatic presences on the classical music scene. Accompanying the BBC Young Musician winner is sibling Isata Kanneh-Mason, whose stunning debut album was just released on Decca Classics. Poignant sonatas by Lutosławski and Barber are at the heart of this once-in-a-lifetime recital.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason recital

Colburn School

Imagine a family of seven siblings who all play a musical instrument at the highest levels, winning international awards, performing on the most important world stages, gaining fame not only for their talent but their marked collaborative spirit and affection for one another. The Kanneh-Masons are this family. Cellist Sheku and pianist Isata team up for a duo concert featuring great 20th century cello sonatas of Karen Khachaturian, Dmitri Shostakovich, Frank Bridge, and Benjamin Britten.

Duo Recital: Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason

Few instrumentalists have built such a formidable reputation more quickly than the Kanneh-Mason siblings, each with a classical chart-topper under their belt and still in their early twenties. But this beautifully conceived program finds them reunited, doing what they do best—playing chamber music with unparalleled empathy and understanding.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Two of the brightest young stars in classical music, cello-piano sibling duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason appear in a vibrant chamber performance, proving that musical mastery has no age.

Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason

Two of the brightest young stars in classical music, cello-piano sibling duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason appear in a vibrant chamber performance of cello sonatas by Bridge, Shostakovich, Britten and Karen Khachaturian.  After winning BBC Young Musician in 2016, Sheku Kanneh-Mason became a household name worldwide in May 2018 after performing at the Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, which was watched by nearly 35 million people globally. In January 2020, Sheku released his second album, Elgar, featuring the Cello Concerto, which reached No. 8 in the UK Official Album Chart, making Sheku the youngest classical instrumentalist and the first cellist in history to reach the UK Top 10.  Three years Sheku's senior, Isata Kanneh-Mason is quickly gaining fans of her own. Her debut album, Romance, drew popular and critical acclaim, entering the UK classical charts at No. 1 when it was released in July 2019, leading Gramophone magazine to extol the recording as “one of the most charming and engaging debuts” and Classic FM to praise Isata as “a player of considerable talent.”

Siblings from a prodigiously gifted family, Sheku and Isata join forces for a duo recital.

Colburn Celebrity Recital: Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Young British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason’s recording debut of the works of Clara Schumann had an auspicious launch at No. 1 on the U.K. Classical Charts in 2019. Gramophone proclaimed it “one of the most charming and engaging debuts.” She has seven musical siblings—including cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason—who are fast becoming Britain’s first family of classical music.

Isata Kanneh-Mason

Pianist

Events

22 - 24 Mar, 2024

Prokofiev’s Piano · Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Feb 29 - Mar 2, 2024

Kanneh-Mason Plays Schumann · The Cleveland Orchestra

Jan 23, 2024

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano · Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Jan 21, 2024

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · The Soraya

Jan 19, 2024

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason · Philharmonic Society of Orange County

About

Isata Kanneh-Mason hasn't added a bio