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Sony Classical has announced the exclusive signing of pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, who records her first recital album in 2024 for release in Spring 2025.<\/p>
The 22-year-old British pianist has already impressed critics: a BBC Music Magazine<\/em> review commended her performances as\u00a0‘straight from the heart, with care, sparkle and self-possession’\u00a0(BBC Music Magazine). \u00a0<\/p> Jeneba\u2019s first recording on the label displays her wide-ranging curiosity for repertoire and individual approach to programming, mixing works by Chopin<\/a><\/strong>, Debussy<\/a><\/strong> and Scriabin<\/a><\/strong> with music by under-represented African-American composers Margaret Bonds, Florence Price<\/a><\/strong> and William Grant Still.<\/p> One of the remarkable Kanneh-Mason<\/a><\/strong> siblings, Jeneba was a finalist at the 2018 BBC Young Musician<\/a><\/strong> competition and made her London d\u00e9but in 2020 at the age of 18, performing Rachmaninov<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Second Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra. \u00a0<\/p> ‘I am so happy and honoured to join the prestigious roster of artists at Sony Classical,’ notes Jeneba, who joins fellow pianists Leif Ove Andsnes, Khatia Buniatishvili<\/a><\/strong> and Igor Levit<\/a><\/strong>, among others, on the Sony Classical roster. <\/p> She goes on: ‘I can\u2019t remember a time when classical music wasn\u2019t an integral part of my life, and I am a huge advocate for its positive influences and ability to really connect with such a wide range of people. The piano repertoire is enormous and I\u2019m excited to be able to explore it, discovering the old, the new, and to perform pieces by more women, as well as black and minority ethnic composers.’<\/p> Jeneba completes her studies at the Royal College of Music this summer, where she holds the Victoria Robey Scholarship. ‘I\u2019ve wanted to be a pianist for as long as I can remember and it feels like a wonderful opportunity to work with the label and to have their confidence and support. I will look forward to our first recording!’\u00a0<\/p>‘I can\u2019t remember a time when classical music wasn\u2019t an integral part of my life’<\/h2>