Isata Kanneh-Mason
Piano“a bold debut recording from a young pianist worth watching. Ms. Kanneh-Mason’s account of Schumann’s Piano Concerto is more than convincing, but her performances of the solo piano works, especially this magical Scherzo, are even better”
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is in great demand internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She offers eclectic and interesting repertoire, with her recital programmes encompassing music from Haydn and Mozart, via Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, Chopin and Brahms, to Gershwin and beyond. In concerto, she is equally at home in Felix Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, whose piano concerto featured on Isata’s chart-topping debut recording, as in Prokofiev and Dohnányi.
In 2022/23 Isata steps into her role as Artist in Residence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, performing three concerti across the season at London’s Cadogan Hall. She returns to Dortmund’s Konzerthaus as one of their Junge Wilde artists and makes multiple visits to both the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Other highlights of the season include recital performances at the Barbican, Queen Elizabeth, and Wigmore halls in London, the Philharmonie Berlin, National Concert Hall Dublin, Perth Concert Hall, Prinzregententheater Munich, and the Sala São Paulo. As concerto soloist, Isata appears with the Orchestra of Opera North, New World Symphony Miami, City of Birmingham Symphony, Duisburg Philharmonic, Barcelona Symphony, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, and Orchestra of Norwegian Opera. She returns to the Baltimore Symphony and recently made her long-awaited debut with the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
Isata is a Decca Classics recording artist. Her 2019 album, “Romance – the Piano Music of Clara Schumann”, entered the UK classical charts at No. 1, Gramophone magazine extolling the recording as “one of the most charming and engaging debuts”. This was followed in 2021 by “Summertime”, an album of 20th-century American repertoire featuring Samuel Barber’s Piano Sonata and a world premiere recording of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Impromptu in B minor. In November 2021, along with her cellist brother, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata released her first duo album entitled “Muse”, beautifully demonstrating the siblings’ musicality and refined skill borne from years of playing and performing together.
She was an ECHO Rising Star in 21/22, performing in many of Europe’s finest halls and is also the recipient of the coveted Leonard Bernstein Award and an Opus Klassik award for best young artist.
CONTACT
Joseph Chadwick
Artist Manager
T: +44 (0) 20 7957 5894
E: jchadwick@imgartists.com
Isabelle Cottet
Artist Logistics
T: +33 (0)7 85 64 93 52
icottet@imgartists.com
Isata Kanneh-Mason is managed in association with IMG Artists

Isata & Johan feature as 21/22 ECHO Rising Stars
Pianist, Isata Kanneh-Mason, and violinist, Johan Dalene, have both had their nominations for the ECHO Rising Stars series confirmed for 21/22!

The Kanneh-Masons Release “Carnival”
The Kanneh-Masons are excited to announce the release of Carnival, a very special collaboration between Academy Award-winning actor Olivia Colman, children’s author Michael Morpurgo and the seven “extraordinarily talented” (Classic FM) Kanneh-Mason siblings – Isata,...
Isata Kanneh-Mason recreates cancelled debut at home and goes viral
Isata Kanneh-Mason was due to make her debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra last Saturday night at London's Royal Albert Hall but, like so many events around the globe, the concert was called off because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. However, being at home...