All Sheku-Kanneh-Mason articles
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BlogsThe best seat in the house is a bean bag: 48 hours at the Edinburgh International Festival
Online editor Davina Shum reports back from four sessions in Edinburgh, where artists displayed their superpowers to bring people together and offer much-needed musical nourishment
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NewsCellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason barred from British Airways flight
Despite booking a separate ticket for his cello, the cellist was not allowed to board his flight from Bucharest to London Heathrow, forcing him to book a new flight home
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VideoIn the Green Room: Interview with Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
Concluding the Southbank Centre’s interview series ‘In the Green Room’, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his pianist sister Isata Kanneh-Mason talk about their rise to fame, the repertoire they love and the experience of playing at the Royal Wedding. Read Sheku Kanneh-Mason refused UK passport Read UK passport approved for Sheku ...
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason auctions off private concert for Music Masters charity
The auction is part of a celebratory fortnight, from 24 February-10 March, where Music Masters highlights the work of its Ambassadors and Artists
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VideoKanneh-Masons play Carnival of the Animals
The Kanneh-Mason family play the finale from Saint-Säens’s Carnival of the Animals
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NewsShortlist announced for 2020 RPS awards
Among the string-playing nominees are Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Timothy Ridout and Lawrence Power
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VideoCBSO gives a centenary concert
On 5 September 1920, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra gave its very first concert. 100 years later (to the very hour), the CBSO celebrated its 100th birthday with an online celebration. Simon Rattle conducted, CBSO’s conductors past and present give interviews and there was a guest appearance from Sheku ...
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason on his signature dance move
In this zippy little interview, the 21-year-old cellist tells us what kind of child he was at school, and reveals his signature dance move.
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VideoWorking from home: the Kanneh-Mason family
A video introduced by the Kanneh-Mason sisters in which they describe their daily routine before cutting to a cello and violin duet between 20-year-old Sheku and his 22-year-old brother Braimah. The video finishes with a piano performance from 23-year-old Isata.
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FeatureSentimental Work: Sheku Kanneh-Mason
For the British cellist, Elgar’s Cello Concerto brings back a wealth of memories from his earliest years studying the instrument – and of trying to play like Jacqueline du Pré
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason appointed MBE for services to music
British musician, who performed at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, describes the news as ‘amazing’
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Frankfurt Radio Symphony
The cellist - interviewed for Sentimental Work in the January issue of The Strad - performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto in this concert from 29th November with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under Nicholas Collon.
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason and Castalian Quartet shortlisted at RPS Awards
Violinist Alina Ibragimova and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras also nominated for awards
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason recording Elgar at Abbey Road Studios
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason recording the Elgar Cello Concerto with Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, in June 2019 at Abbey Road Studios. The 20-year-old soloist will release his new album, Elgar, on Decca Classics on 10 January 2020. The recording also includes a new arrangement of Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ from ...
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason returns with new Elgar album
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is to release his new album, Elgar, in January 2020
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VideoMusic funding: ‘There will not be another Sheku Kanneh Mason’
The lack of state school funding for creative arts is creating a ‘two-tier culture’, the mother of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has said.
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason plays Elgar at the Proms
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays an excerpt of Elgar’s Cello Concerto at the BBC Proms on 22nd August with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. Watch the whole Prom at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0007zg5/bbc-proms-2019-sheku-plays-elgar
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VideoKanneh-Mason Trio performs Deep River
Performed by the Kanneh-Mason Trio, this is an arrangement of the traditional spiritual Deep River. It is based on the 1904 piano arrangement by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The trio comprises the Kanneh-Mason siblings Sheku (cello), Isata (piano) and Braimah (violin), and this recording is being released by Decca as their first ...
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason gives schools-only performance
After a schools-only performance in Birmingham from Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, pupils talk about their impressions of the two musicians.
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FocusSheku Kanneh-Mason: 'I was always being inspired by amazing musicians – and friends'
The British cellist, cover star of The Strad’s March 2019 issue, discusses learning, improvisation and inspirational teachers in conversation with Pauline Harding