On May 29, the wonderful pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason will perform in the Baltic States for the first time—at Paliesius Manor!

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason captivates audiences with her “maturity in performance and interpretation” (“Fraser”). She made her international debut at the “BBC Proms” festival, performing a Florence Price concerto—the press noted that the pianist “demonstrated musical insight, technical mastery, and an engaging stage persona” (“Music OMH”). This work was later recorded with the “Chineke!” ensemble and Leslie Suganandarajah, and released by “Decca Classics” in the summer of 2023. “The Guardian” praised her performance, stating that “one could hardly find a more compelling interpreter of Price’s music.”

Jeneba is now an exclusive “Sony Classical” artist. Her debut solo album, “Fantasie,” released in March 2025, has received immense acclaim. It was named “Classic FM” Album of the Week, while “Gramophone” magazine praised her as “a pianist of immense technical resources, which she marshals to reveal a remarkably rich and varied musical imagination.” The album “Fantasie” was nominated for a prestigious “Edison” Award.

In the 2025–2026 season, Jeneba will perform for the first time with several North American orchestras, including The Florida Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, and the San Antonio Philharmonic. She will also embark on her first solo recital tour, featuring performances in the “Vancouver Recital Series”, at Baltimore’s “Shriver Hall”, and in Washington’s “Dumbarton Concerts”. An outstanding recitalist, she will return to London’s “Wigmore Hall”, and will also appear at the Bergen International Festival, Antwerp’s “deSingel”, the Royal Academy in Dublin, and many other venues.

Other recent and upcoming highlights include debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Milan Symphony Orchestra, and the “Britten Sinfonia”; concerts with conductors Andrew Manze, Dinis Sousa, and Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; a UK tour with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Frizza; as well as performances with the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Detroit Symphony, the “Philharmonia”, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and the Belgrade Philharmonic orchestras.

Jeneba was a Keyboard Category Finalist in the 2018 BBC “Young Musician” competition, won the “Murs du Son” prize at the 2014 Lagny-sur-Marne International Piano Competition in France, and was the winner of “The Nottingham Young Musician” competition in 2013. She also won the “Iris Dyer Piano Prize” at the Royal Academy of Music’s Junior Academy, where she studied with Patsy Toh.

Jeneba was recognized as one of “Classic FM”‘s “Rising Stars” and appeared on Julian Lloyd Webber’s radio series in 2021. She is a frequent guest on television and radio programs, having appeared on “Radio 3”, “In Tune”, “The BAFTAs”, “The Royal Variety Performance”, the BBC4 documentary “Young, Gifted and Classical”, and the BBC1 documentary “This House is Full of Music”, created for the “Imagine” series. She also recorded the album “Carnival”, released by “Decca Classics”.