Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award

Established in 1986, the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award honors the memory of Andrew Wolf, co-founder of Bay Chamber Concerts and a leading chamber music pianist, who died in 1985 at the age of 42.

The $25,000 award recognizes a pianist under the age of forty who has made a serious commitment and contribution to the landscape of chamber music. Nominations for the award, which come from leaders in the world of chamber music, are not made public. In the final round to determine the winner, judges attend live performances anonymously to hear the finalists play.

2022 Award Recipient

Michelle Cann

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Bay Chamber is honored to announce that pianist Michelle Cann is the recipient of the 2022 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award.

Pianist Michelle Cann made her orchestral debut at age fourteen and has since performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras including The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Embracing a dual role as both performer and pedagogue, her career includes teaching residencies at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and the National Conference of the Music Teachers National Association. Ms. Cann studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music, where she holds the inaugural Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies.

In addition to the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award, Michelle is also a recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization.

“A compelling, sparkling virtuoso”

— Boston Music Intelligencer

History of the award

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2019 Orion Weiss

2016 Gilles Vonsattel

2013 Alessio Bax

2011 Anna Polonsky

2008 Inon Barnatan

2005 Max Levinson

2003 Natalie Zhu

2001 Jonathan Biss

1999 Jeremy Denk

1995 Anne-Marie McDermott

1993 Wu Han

1991 Christopher O’Riley

1989 Lydia Artymiw

1987 Jeffrey Kahane