All Sheku Kanneh-Mason articles
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NewsCellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason takes up role at Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
The cellist is the orchestra’s 2024 MAC Music Innovator, a role that works to showcase and highlight Black leaders of classical music
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NewsCellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason announced as new patron of Music Masters
The cellist will work with the education charity to improve accessibility to music
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
Bruce Hodges listens to the performance of Bach, Britten, Simcock, Brouwer, Finnis and Cassadó at the Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, on 7 November 2023
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News‘We cannot sit and wave goodbye’: Young Musician winners condemn BBC music cuts
Artists including Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Nicola Benedetti and Jennifer Pike have condemned the move to close the BBC Singers and cut 20% of salaried orchestral posts
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VideoCombining ‘the raw intimate sound of Zak’s voice with the organic sounds of the cello’: Same Boat by Sheku Kanneh-Mason
The British cellist’s latest album Song was released on 9 September
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Blogs‘The cello is the only instrument that encompasses the entire range of the human voice’ - Simon Parkin
Ahead of Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s new album Song, pianist, composer and arranger Simon Parkin talks about the process of arranging works for cello ensemble
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FocusWhich string players received titles of honour from Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II?
The Strad chronicles which British string players received titles of honour throughout Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign
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FocusQueen Elizabeth II: a life alongside string players
We take a look at a few iconic moments in string history during the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bridge and Britten at the Shriver Hall Concert Series in Baltimore on 1 May 2022
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason takes up performance mentoring role at RAM
The cellist will work closely with Academy students developing practical skills to enhance their performance experience
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) New York Philharmonic/Simone Young
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto at Alice Tully Hall on 11 November 2021
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ReviewSheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason: Muse
Exquisite playing on the Kanneh-Mason siblings’ first recording together
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NewsCellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason receives his MBE
The Royal Wedding cellist collected his MBE in an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle yesterday
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #19: Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason on sibling collaboration
The cello-piano sibling duo speak about working together ahead of their new album ‘Muse’, out on 5 November
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ReviewBook review: The Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello Collection
Janet Banks reviews the superstar cellist’s first compendium of pieces for his instrument
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Jack Liebeck (violin) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Julian Bliss (clarinet) Katya Apekisheva (piano) Voces8
Tim Homfray watches the recital at the Voces8 Centre (St Anne and St Agnes Church) in London, UK, on 17 July 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Tim Homfray watches the sibling duo perform at London’s Barbican on 4 July 2021
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason loaned 1700 Gofriller cello
The instrument ‘presents a kaleidoscope of tonal qualities’ and ’has an uncanny capacity to respond’ according to the cellist
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Premium ❘ FeatureEncores: Time to shine
Throughout much of the last century, technically showy encores by Paganini and Kreisler were standard fare for violinists, but in recent years players have moved away from the established virtuoso works to embrace everything from solo Bach to folk tunes and contemporary commissions. Charlotte Gardner talks to top players about ...
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ReviewConcert review: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Matthew Hunt (clarinet) Elena Urioste (violin) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Tom Poster (piano)
Peter Quantrill hears a live stream from Wigmore Hall, London, on 11 January 2021