Heida: Nathaniel Dett Lecture by Clipper Erickson – Westport Public Library

This event is free but requires advance registration. Please register here: https://mocawestport.thundertix.com/orders/new?performance_id=2772159

The 2022 Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition will spotlight the unjustly neglected music for solo piano of the important African-American composer, Nathaniel Dett. Born in Canada, Dett studied and made his career in the United States, and is one of the great American composers of the 20th century and a trailblazing figure in the history of Black composers of classical music. Clipper Erickson, the distinguished American pianist and a recognized scholar of Nathaniel Dett and his music, will serve as Artistic Advisor to the Heida 2022 and give a lecture on Nathaniel Dett on January 13, at 12 pm in the Westport Library. Learn more about Nathaniel Dett.