Special Event: Clayton Stephenson Piano Recital

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 received a 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant and was the first Black finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022.

Stephenson’s eclectic recital includes works by J.S. Bach, Schubert, Stravinsky, Albéniz and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.