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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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.

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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’
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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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Rattle urges government to ‘avoid superstition’ with orchestras, reduce 3-metre woodwind distancing

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