Baruch Performing Arts Center: Sullivan Fortner Solo Piano

Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Avenue

Fresh from the announcement that he is both a recipient of the 2026 Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award from The Gilmore Foundation, and a 2026 GRAMMY nominee, pianist Sullivan Fortner gives a solo performance presented by Baruch Performing Arts Center on December 12, 2025 at 7:30 pm. The concert is Fortner’s only solo appearance in New York City this season.

For more than a decade, Sullivan Fortner has been stretching deep-rooted talents as a pianist, composer, band leader and uncompromising individualist. The GRAMMY Award-winning artist and educator out of New Orleans received international praise as both key player and producer for his collaborative work on The Window, alongside Cecile McLorin Salvant, and earned a 2023 GRAMMY nomination for his provocative arrangement of “Optimistic Voices/No Love Dying” from her 2022 release Ghost Song. As a solo leader he has issued Aria (2015), Moments Preserved (2018) and Solo Game (2024) to critical acclaim, the lattermost receiving 4-star reviews in DownBeat and France’s Telerama Magazine. Slated for release in 2025, his forthcoming trio recording Southern Nights features Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore.