Start: October 24, 2025 7:30 p.m.
End: October 24, 2025 9 p.m.
Location: Sursa Performance Hall
About
“America still produces superb pianists, and one is
Sean Kennard,” proclaimed
Limelight Magazine in their rave review of Kennard’s debut album. His “moving and musically satisfying” [
The Strad] performances and recordings have been acclaimed all over the world for their “exceptional agility, nuance and power” [
Gramophone], “powerful and involved music making” [
The Washington Post], and “penetrating sense of structure…infectious sense of fun…full of life and sparkle” [
Fanfare].
Kennard’s accolades include top prizes and audience choice awards in numerous competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth (Belgium), The Vendome Prize (Portugal), Sendai International (Japan), Viña del Mar International (Chile), Hilton Head International (USA), and National Chopin (USA). He has appeared as soloist with orchestras around the world including the Prague Radio Symphony, Japan’s NHK Chamber Orchestra, Osaka Symphony, the National Orchestra of Belgium, Chamber Orchestra of Frankfurt, Chile Symphony, Morocco Philharmonic, and many others.
Kennard’s discography includes highly acclaimed solo and chamber music releases on Naxos, Delos, and Centaur. He is also pianist of Trio Barclay, ensemble-in-residence at the Barclay Theater in Irvine, California.
Dr. Sean Kennard, a Steinway Artist, is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he won the institution’s prestigious Sergei Rachmaninoff Award, the Juilliard School, Mannes College, and Yale University having studied with teachers including Boris Berman, Richard Goode, Enrique Graf, Jerome Lowenthal, and Robert McDonald. In 2017 joined the faculty of Stetson University as Chair of Piano in the School of Music.
Free Admission
This event is free and open to the public.
Parking
Parking is available in the McKinley Parking Garage (entrance on Ashland Avenue) located immediately south of Sursa Hall. On weekdays, metered parking is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free. This garage is free on weekends.