The 2027 American Piano Awards culminates with final performances by jazz finalists Joe Block, Caelan Cardello, Brandon Goldberg, Connor Rohrer, and Brahm Sasner. In this exclusive evening hosted by 2019 American Piano Awards winner Emmet Cohen, each artist will perform one tune with internationally acclaimed guest vocalist Veronica Swift, and one tune with the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, which will debut original arrangements of five jazz standards.

Following these performances, the jury will name the 2027 American Piano Awards winner and recipient of the Cole Porter Fellowship and the Bohemians Artist Residency & Robert A. Levinson and Patricia S. Levinson Arts Achievement Award. Past jazz winners include Sullivan Fortner, Aaron Diehl, Dan Tepfer, Adam Birnbaum, and Isaiah J. Thompson.