Edward Callahan

NEW YORK CITY, NY | AGE 34

REPERTOIRE

ROUND 1:

J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875 (Book II)

MAJOR ANDRES SCURLOCK: Phoenix Etude

JOSEPH JOUBERT: His Eye is On The Sparrow

ROUND 2:

RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit (I. Ondine)

JON BATISTE: Chopinesque

SCRIABIN: Etude in D Sharp Minor Op. 8. No. 12

SEMI-FINALS:

ART TATUM: Blue Skies

CHOPIN: Fantasy in F Minor. Op 49

CHOPIN: Etude in C-sharp minor “Torrent”, Op. 10

FINALS:

SCHUBERT: Sonata no. 14 in A minor, D. 784

EDWARD CALLAHAN: Nina Simone Medley

CONCERTO:

W. A. MOZART: Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

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BIOGRAPHY:

Edward Callahan admired classical performers who wowed audiences in their tuxedos. But, they didn’t look like him. He wanted to change that. As a teen, he won state and national competitions and was selected for a three-city musical by the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. He represented his hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan in the National NAACP ACT-SO competition, and later moved to New York to pursue his dream to perform at Carnegie Hall. 

While attending Nyack College he led the Nyack Touring Gospel Choir to Italy and opened their annual performance at Lincoln Center. In addition to being a lead musician for such productions as “The Wiz" in Central Park, he self-produced "The Minor Keys,” (2019) with works by Chopin and Schubert, and “Crazy Etudes” (2020). They ranked #1 on the Classical iTunes Charts, and #1 on the Traditional Classical Album Charts respectively, making history for an African American artist.