These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut for Jeneba Kanneh-Mason.
Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, the third of the Kanneh-Mason family to establish herself as a soloist, made her BBC Proms debut in 2021 with the Chineke! Orchestra, performing the Florence Price Piano Concerto. The piece was then recorded with Chineke!, conducted by Leslie Suganandarajah, and released in 2023.
In December of 2025, Kanneh-Mason released a collection of solo piano works under the title Jane Austen’s Piano, in honor of the author’s 250th birthday. Fantasie, her debut solo album, was released in March of 2025 and named Classic FM’s Album of the Week. In October, Fantasie won the Edison Klassiek Award in the “Newcomer” category. Gramophone praised Kanneh-Mason as “a pianist of enormous technical resources in service of an uncommonly rich and versatile musical imagination.”
Kanneh-Mason’s 2025/26 season in North America includes debut appearances with the Florida Orchestra and San Antonio Philharmonic and a solo recital tour. Other recent and forthcoming highlights include debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, and Britten Sinfonia; an extensive UK tour with the Hungarian Radio Symphony and Riccardo Frizza; and performances with the Orchestre National de Lyon, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra.
A Keyboard Category Finalist in BBC Young Musician 2018, Kanneh-Mason was winner of the Murs du Son Prize at the Lagny-Sur-Marne International Piano Competition in France, 2014, and The Nottingham Young Musician 2013. She was also winner of the Iris Dyer Piano Prize at The Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy, and was awarded the Victoria Robey Scholarship to The Royal College of Music.
Named one of Classic FM’s “Rising Stars,” Kanneh-Mason has been featured on several television and radio programs. With her siblings, she has recorded two family albums: Carnival (2020) and River of Music (2025).