Michelle Cann

Pianist Michelle Cann is a champion of the music of Florence B. Price and other African American composers. An important educator, she is on the faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and she has been heavily involved with community music education initiatives in that city. On her own, she discovered the music of African American female composer Florence B. Price, just as much of Price's music was being unearthed. She gave the world premiere of Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement in 2016 and the Philadelphia premiere with the Philadelphia Orchestra under conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin in 2021. The following year, Cann made her recording debut, joining the Catalyst Quartet in Price's Piano Quintet in A major on the album Uncovered, Vol. 2.