Vanessa Perez

As The Washington Post lauded, Venezuelan-American pianist Vanessa Perez "is not to be taken lightly.” Praised for her bold, passionate performing style allied with musicianship of keen sensitivity, she made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2004. 

But her first performance in New York wasn’t in an uptown classical concert hall – it was at the downtown jazz shrine of the Blue Note, where Latin jazz star Arturo Sandoval invited her to perform his “Sureña,” a piece laced with Venezuelan folk melodies. This special ability to move with ease through the classical, folk, and popular music worlds has become her hallmark, and Ms. Perez continues to broaden the definition of the classical pianist.

Her most recent venture is the “Americas” program, created by Ms. Perez and her husband and creative partner Stephen Buck, which premiered at the Four Arts Society in Palm Beach in March 2021. Headlined by iconic actor Bill…