Musician
Dr Samantha Ege
Piano
Dr Ege is a concert pianist, classically trained and endlessly inspired by the lesser-known repertoire that stems from her scholarly interests. Her performances bring her research to life, sounding new narratives that are so often unheard in the contemporary concert hall. Dr Ege seeks to communicate the diversity of classical music's past, present, and future through her performances, and foster a sense of belonging for everyone. As a result, her performances take on different formats, sometimes entwining narration and conversation alongside more conventional programming. Dr Ege released her debut album in 2018 called Four Women (Wave Theory Records). She released her critically acclaimed second album in 2021 called Fantasie Nègre with Lorelt (Lontano Records Ltd.). Her third and fourth albums (both with Lorelt) came out in 2022: Black Renaissance Woman and Homage with the Castle of our Skins string quartet. She is currently working on three new album projects: #5 highlights piano concertos by Julia Perry and Doreen Carwithen (Lorelt),#6 showcases works by Undine Smith Moore (Lorelt), and #7 breaks new ground with the music of Avril Coleridge-Taylor (Resonus Classics).​As a concert pianist, Dr Ege made her Barbican debut in 2021 with a "vivid, revelatory recital" (Michael Church, iNews) in which she gave the UK premiere of VÃtÄ›zslava Kaprálová's Sonata Appassionata. In her London debut at the 2021 London Festival of American Music she gave the world premiere of Florence Price's complete Fantasie Nègre set. In 2018, she made her international lecture-recitalist debut at the Chicago Symphony Center with her event A Celebration of Women in Music: Composing the Black Chicago Renaissance. She has performed across the UK, Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia. She has also played with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Oakland Symphony Orchestra, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and Yale Philharmonia.