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CleveScene.com: Kofi Boakye To Play One Last Concert in Akron Before Moving to Boston

Kofi Boakye

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Posted By on Fri, Jul 12, 2019

On Aug. 9, Akron pianist Kofi Boakye will headline his final Akron concert before heading to Berklee School of Music in Boston. 

The 19-year-old Emmy-nominated pianist will perform at the Trailhead in North Akron. 

A real prodigy, Boakye was accepted into the University of Akron School of Music’s Jazz Program at age 15, making him the youngest African-American pianist to ever be accepted into a collegiate-level jazz program at the University. And in 2016, Boakye performed at the Akron Civic Theatre, making him the first teen pianist to ever headline that venue. Boakye has toured Germany and Prague with the Miller South Show Choir, and in 2014, President Barack Obama gave him the President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence.                                                               

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