Isaiah J. Thompson is the winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards. Thompson joins illustrious past winners including Emmet Cohen, Sullivan Fortner, Aaron Diehl, Dan Tepfer, Adam Birnbaum and Aaron Parks.
Selected from a field of five finalists, including Caelan Cardello, Esteban Castro, Paul Cornish and Thomas Linger, Thompson will receive career support valued at more than $200,000 including a cash prize, two years of career assistance, a media and performance tour and an artist residency at University of Indianapolis, making this one of the most coveted prizes in the music world and the largest for American jazz pianists.
“I was so honored when they announced the winner,” said Thompson. “To see my family in the audience brought me so much joy. I never thought of myself as a pianist, I think of myself more as a jazz musician whose instrument just happens to be the piano, so to win an award as a pianist, meant a lot."
Read more about Isaiah at www.isaiahjthompson.com/