FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
One of the most prominent pianists of her generation, and one of the foremost interpreters of Florence Price's music, Michelle Cann will chair the jury of the 2026 Florence Price International Piano Competition at the U of Aand will perform the opening competition recital on Friday, Nov.6, at 7:30 p.m.in the Faulkner Performing Arts Center.
Cann received the GRAMMY award in 2025 for Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price, recorded with soprano Karen Slack, which features 19 unpublished songs composed by Price. She performed the New York premiere of Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement in 2016 and the Philadelphia premiere with Th...