Clayton Stephenson, piano
Tuesday | May 14 2024 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES
BACH-BUSONI – Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004
BEETHOVEN – Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109
ALBÉNIZ – Iberia, Book I
STRAVINSKY – Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner
Clayton Stephenson’s love for music is immediately apparent in his joyous charisma onstage, expressive power and natural ease at the instrument. Hailed for “extraordinary narrative and poetic gifts” and interpretations that are “fresh, incisive and characterfully alive” (Gramophone), he is committed to making an impact on the world through his music-making. In addition to being the first Black finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022, he was named 2022 Gilmore Young Artist, 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist, Gheens Young Artist, and Young Scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. He also took home a jury discretionary award at the 2015 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival.
Learn how to connect more deeply with music in a Conscious Listening session with Hsing-ay Hsu right before this performance, 12:40-1:30 pm. Learn more and register
