Sheku Kanneh-Mason
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason (* 1999 ) is a British cellist .
Life
Kanneh-Mason started playing the cello at the age of six . At the age of nine he won a scholarship to the Junior Academy of the Royal Academy of Music .
In 2015, he and his siblings took part in the television show Britain's Got Talent as The Kanneh-Masons . Sheku studies with Hannah Roberts at the Royal Academy of Music in London .
He won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in May 2016 . Since November 2016 he has a contract with Decca Records .
On May 19, 2018, he played at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle .
In October 2018, Kanneh-Mason was awarded the Opus Klassik as Young Artist of the Year (cello) .
Web links
- Literature by and about Sheku Kanneh-Mason in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ShekuKannehMason.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: CH UK US
- ↑ www.ram.ac.uk
- ↑ 17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason signs to Decca Classics
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↑ He played three pieces (all arranged by Chris Hazell (* 1948)):
- Sicilienne / Maria Theresa of Paradis
- Après un rêve / Gabriel Fauré
- Ave Maria / Franz Schubert
- ↑ OPUS KLASSIK , accessed on October 14, 2018.
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| SURNAME | Kanneh-Mason, Sheku |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1999 |