JENEBA KANNEH-MASON

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is already captivating audiences with her “maturity in performance and interpretation” (Fraser). She made her debut on the international scene at the BBC Proms in 2021, performing the Florence Price Concerto and was heralded by the press as “demonstrating musical insight, technical acuity, and an engaging performing persona” (Music OMH). The piece was then recorded with Chineke! and Leslie Suganandarajah, released on Decca Classics in Summer 2023. The Guardian hailed her performance, stating that ‘Price could have no more persuasive an advocate’.

Now an exclusive Sony Classical Artist, Jeneba’s debut solo album ‘Fantasie’ was released in March 2025, to wide acclaim. It was named Classic FM’s Album of the Week and Gramophone praised Jeneba as ‘a pianist of enormous technical resources in service of an uncommonly rich and versatile musical imagination’. The album was notably awarded a prestigious Edison Award.

Following recent debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the Hollywood Bowl, as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Jeneba will be heading back to North America for debuts with the Toronto Symphony and Florida Orchestra. In Europe, she will be embarking on a UK tour with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, as well as performing with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Malmo Symphony and Norwegian Radio Symphony. An avid recitalist, she will be returning to London’s Wigmore Hall, as well as performing at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, LSO St Luke’s, and St George’s Bristol.  

Other recent and forthcoming highlights include debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Britten Sinfonia, Metz National orchestras, working with conductors such as Marin Alsop, Gemma New, Bar Avni, Andrew Manze, Dinis Sousa, and Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; a tour with the Hungarian Radio Symphony and her debut solo recital tour in North America, performing in Baltimore’s Shriver Hall and for the Vancouver Recital Society.

Jeneba was a Keyboard Category Finalist in BBC Young Musician 2018, 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, where she studied with Patsy Toh.

Jeneba was named one of Classic FM’s ‘Rising Stars’ and appeared on Julian Lloyd Webber’s radio series in 2021. She has also been featured on several television and radio programmes, including Radio 3, In Tune, The BAFTAs, The Royal Variety Performance, the documentary for BBC4, Young, Gifted and Classical, and the Imagine documentary for BBC1, This House is Full of Music. With her siblings, she has recorded two family albums for Decca Classics, Carnival (2020) and River of Music (2025).