Pizza Express has announced the line-up for the next Steinway 2-Piano Festival, taking place in March 2024. The unusual names for London here are LA studio veteran Don Grusin, younger brother of GRP co-founder Dave Grusin, who is appearing in a duo with Shakatak pianist Bill Sharpe, and an ACT pianist from Denmark, Carsten Dahl, who is also a painter.
A full list of performers and dates with links (where available) is below:
Thursday 21st – Carsten Dahl & Nikolai Hess
Friday 22nd / Saturday 23rd – Don Grusin & Bill Sharpe
Saturday 23rd (lunch) – Dom Pipkin ‘New Orleans Piano’
Sunday 24th (lunch) – Wendy Kirkland & Charu
Sunday 24th (evening) – Sultan Stevenson & Emile Hinton
Monday 25th – Janette Mason & Dena DeRose
Tuesday 26th (early) – Ian Shaw with Jamie Safir
Tuesday 26th (late) – Ian Shaw with James Pearson
Wednesday 27th – Sullivan Fortner & Sean Mason
Other international artists performing at Pizza Express in January/February include Dick Oatts, Silje Nergaard & Espen Berg, Jerry Bergonzi, Peter Bernstein & Jesse Van Ruller, and ex-Mingus sax player Ricky Ford.
