Gregory Thompson & Meisha Whitlock

Doors open at 7:00 PM | Concert begins at 7:30 PM

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Internationally renowned recording artists and pianists, Gregory Thompson and Meisha Whitlock, will present a selection major solo and duo piano works by Florence Price (1887–1953), Margaret Bonds (1913–1972), George Walker (1922–2018) and Dolores White (1932–2023).

Gregory Thompson is known for his work as a Solo and Collaborative artist in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Of his Carnegie Hall debut, the NY Times praised his “intuitive playing”, and his ability to “make a melodic line sing and inflect it with delicate rubato effects.” (NY Times) His international performance credits include concerts at Marmolle Hall, Salzburg; The Atelier Concert Series, Paris; and at the Teatro Signorelli. In the U.S., he has played at Weill and Zankel Halls, NYC as well as Steinway Galleries in NC and GA. His varied repertoire ranges from Beethoven and Schubert to Prokofiev, George Walker, and Adolphus Hailstork. Artists with whom he has collaborated include singers Grace Bumbry, Allan Glassman, Russell Thomas, as well as woodwind faculty members of Austria’s Mozarteum. His concerto performances have included Baltimore Symphony, South Carolina Philharmonic, and Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestras.

Meisha Whitlock is one America’s leading piano recording artists acclaimed by critics for her “calm restraint” and “tempestuous and stormy” artistry (The Preface, Indiana University). Her virtuosity has led to performances across the United States and abroad including Italy, Australia, Africa, and London. As an emerging artist, she won the Paul W. Hagan Concerto Competition and completed a residency as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music where she lectured and performed throughout the continent. Her first of a series of albums of contemporary piano duo works entitled Piano Duo Project was released by Albany Records and featured on the cover of Fanfare Magazine to rave reviews: “There is sensitivity, rhythmic incisiveness, and palpable joy to their playing…I cannot imagine them played better than this (Fanfare).” Her album won the Aaron Copland Fund Album of the Year award with Albany Records.

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