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’.

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 nominated for a prestigious Edison Award.

In 25/26, Jeneba will be crossing the Atlantic to work with several orchestras in North America, notably the Florida Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony and San Antonio Philharmonic. She is also making her solo debut recital tour, performing for the Vancouver Recital Series, Baltimore’s Shriver Hall and Washington’s Dumbarton Concerts. An avid recitalist, she will also be making her return at London’s Wigmore Hall, as well as perform at the Bergen International Festival, Antwerp’s deSingel, Dublin’s Royal Academy, amongst many others.

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 Andrew Manze, Dinis Sousa, and Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; an extensive UK tour with the Hungarian Radio Symphony and Riccardo Frizza; and other performances with the Orchestre National de Lyon, Detroit Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Belgrade Philharmonic orchestras.

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).

Jeneba is managed by Enticott Music Management in association with IMG Artists.

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Updated as of 03 July 2025 – please destroy all previously dated material.