PianistMagazine.com: Pianist Michael Lu gave a moving performance of Florence Price's Andante from Piano Sonata in E minor on 19 June

Florence B. Price (1887-1953)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=ZM6sstphUgM&feature=emb_logo 

Pianist

By Ellie Palmer

29 June 2020

Pianist Michael Lu gave a moving performance of Florence Price's Andante from Piano Sonata in E minor on 19 June, as part of a home recital for the 5pm Series. This performance of Price was the first piece of his performance, and was dedicated to victims of black oppression.

Lu says, "I feel that the music of Florence Price and many other great African-American composers – among them George Walker, William Grant Still and Ulysses Kay – are sadly neglected… In reality, the music of these composers constitutes among some of the most beautiful and important achievements of human history."