Two-time Grammy winner Michelle Cann, the foremost Florence Price pianist of our age, makes her SPAC debut this coming Thursday in Florence Price and Ravel with conductor Gemma New and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Both her Grammys are for her Florence Price recordings including the premiere of this very piano concerto that she’s performing; she joins us in advance of rehearsals to discuss her love for Florence Price, her enthusiasm for the great Black women composers, and what makes this piece particularly great
Gershwin’s An American in Paris
The Philadelphia Orchestra & Michelle Cann, piano
Gemma New, conductor
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Amphitheatre, Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Thursday • Aug 20, 2026 • 7:30pm
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