jeneba kanneh-mason
29 november 2023 / 9pm / belgrave music hall, leeds
100% funded (sold out)
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason plays solo piano music by Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Sergei Prokofiev in Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds
8.30pm: doors open
9pm: jeneba kanneh-mason set
10pm: DJs in the downstairs bar 'til late
what are noisenights?
noisenights are our vision for the future of classical music: informal crowdfunded events featuring international soloists in bars, converted warehouses, and nightclubs.
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Most noisenights feature two short classical sets, one early evening, one late. All tickets to the late set include live music or DJs for the rest of the night, including jazz, latin, afrobeat, swing and funk acts.
This noisenight currently only has one set - but we're ready to add another, dependent on demand.
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Please note that due to the venue's license, this noisenight is strictly 14+.
the venue:
Located in Leeds’ Northern Quarter, Belgrave Music Hall and Canteen first opened its doors in 1934 as Leeds Children’s Palace; a 3-storey recreation hall and nursery built to provide childcare support for the working families of Leeds.
After many years of neglect, the building has been restored to its former glory, boasting two bars, a roof terrace, and a room which hosts live music and local artists' exhibitions.
the music:
Jeneba will showcase her favourite solo piano repertoire, including Franz Liszt's iconic Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and Sergei Prokofiev's Sonata No. 7, alongside pieces by Claude Debussy and Dmitri Shostakovich.
jeneba kanneh-mason (piano):
Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is already captivating audiences with her “maturity in performance and interpretation […], the former an uncanny phenomenon” (Fraser). The third of the Kanneh-Mason clan to establish herself as a soloist, Jeneba recently made her BBC Proms debut with the Chineke! Orchestra performing the Florence Price Concerto.
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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.
Recent and forthcoming highlights include debuts with the Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, and the Sinfonia Viva for the New Year Gala. She also undertakes an extensive tour with Chineke! across Europe in November 2022 for the Price Concerto, and recorded with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. An avid recital performer, Jeneba will also be making solo debuts at the Zurich Tonhalle, London Wigmore Hall, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, amongst others, as well as the Lenzburgiade, Rheingau, Cheltenham, Bradfield and Lamberhurst festivals. In 2022, Jeneba also embarked on tours of Australia, USA, Antigua and Barbuda with the Kanneh-Masons.
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.
Jeneba holds the Victoria Robey Scholarship to The Royal College of Music, studying piano with Vanessa Latarche. She is grateful to Lady Robey, The Nottingham Soroptimist Trust and to The Nottingham Education Trust.
Rewards: standing tickets to noisenight47 at 9pm on Wednesday 29 November 2023 at Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds. First-come, first-served for the best views.
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