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, 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’.

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Now an exclusive Sony Classical Artist, Jeneba’s debut solo album will be released in Spring 2025, and showcases her wide-ranging curiosity for repertoire, with works by Chopin, Debussy and Scriabin alongside Margaret Bonds, William Grand Still and Florence Price.
Jeneba started her 24/25 season with a recital at London’s Wigmore Hall, where she is now a regular guest. An avid recital performer, she has performed in venues such as the Zurich Tonhalle, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, amongst others, as well as the Lenzburgiade, Rheingau, Cheltenham, Bradfield and Lamberhurst festivals.
Throughout the season, Jeneba will make her debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic and Orchestre National de Lyon, working with conductors such as Vasily Petrenko, Marta Gardolinska or Dinis Sousa. Other recent and forthcoming highlights include an extensive UK tour with the Hungarian Radio Symphony and Riccardo Frizza, a European tour with Chineke!, debuts with the Detroit Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic, and BBC Philharmonic. She also recorded Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 6 with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Howard Griffiths, which was released on Alpha. 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. She has recorded for the album, Carnival, with Decca Classics.