Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Biography

Biography

Sheku Kanneh-Mason is a brilliant young cellist from Nottingham, UK.

Sheku released his debut album, Inspiration, early in 2018, and he's performed at the BAFTA Awards twice – the only musician to have ever been invited to perform two years in a row.

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason talks racial diversity in classical music

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason: ‘Growing up, I didn’t know of many Black classical musicians’

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Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and cellist Sheku, talk all things lockdown, concert nerves and practice with Julian Lloyd Webber, ahead of his new show on Classic FM.

‘You know there are invisible people watching’ – pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason on streamed classical music
Watch Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Gary Barlow perform a stunning pop/classical rendition of ‘Hallelujah’

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins singer Gary Barlow for a sensational duet on ‘Hallelujah’

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Classic FM partners with Philharmonia Orchestra for online summer series, The Philharmonia Sessions – Nicola Benedetti

Classic FM partners with Philharmonia Orchestra for online summer series, The Philharmonia Sessions

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Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: ‘Black boys in state schools are not expected to pick up an instrument’

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: ‘Black boys in state schools are not expected to pick up an instrument’
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‘Six’ musical and Sheku Kanneh-Mason drive-in concerts abruptly cancelled amid local lockdown fears
Left: the Kanneh-Masons; Right: Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

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