Sheku Kanneh-Mason & The Kanneh-Mason Family

Sheku Kanneh-Mason shot to global fame after his mesmerising performance at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018.

The winner of the BBC Young Musician award in 2016, and the first cellist in history to reach the top 10 of the UK album charts, Sheku is also one of seven siblings, all extraordinary instrumentalists, who have been described by Simon Cowell as the world’s most talented family.

On this, the first Australian tour by Sheku and the Kanneh-Masons, he will be joined by his sister Isata, now one of Britain’s leading young pianists, in a performance of greatly loved sonatas for cello and piano, and, in the second half of the program, by the entire family. The program will feature works by Schubert, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Gershwin and other popular composers.

The Kanneh-Masons are Isata, 26 (piano), Braimah, 24 (violin), Sheku, 23 (cello), Konya, 22 (piano and violin), Jeneba, 19 (piano and cello), Aminata, 16 (violin and piano), and Mariatu, 13 (cello and piano).

In a coup for Australian audiences, this will be the largest tour the siblings have undertaken together outside of the UK.

The concert tour to Australia this summer is the most exciting event on the Kanneh-Mason calendar to date. We have never been to Australia but we have always wanted to go, and to have the opportunity to play there is a dream come true.

We are excited to meet our audiences on the other side of the world and visit so many different cities, beginning with Perth. We have been waiting since 2020 to perform in Australia and we can’t wait to be there! – Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason (mother)

Sheku plays a 1700 Matteo Gofriller cello, kindly on loan from an anonymous syndicate of private investors.

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Details correct at the time of publication.

• Program

  Frank Bridge
  Sonata for Cello and Piano
  I. Allegro ben moderato
  II. Adagio ma non troppo – Molto allegro agitato
  Sheku, cello, Isata, piano

  George Gershwin
  Prelude N.1 (from The Three Préludes)
  Isata, piano

  Felix Mendelssohn
  Song without words for cello and piano d major opus 109
  Sheku, cello, Isata, piano

  Maria Theresia von Paradis
  Sicilienne
  Sheku, cello, Isata, piano

  Dmitri Shostakovich
  Sonata for Cello and Piano
  I. Allegro non troppo
  II. Allegro
  III. Largo
  IV. Allegro
  Sheku, cello, Isata, piano

  Intermission (20 minutes)

  Eric Whitacre (arr. Parkin)
  Seal Lullaby
  Isata, piano, Jeneba, piano, Braimah, violin, Konya, violin, Aminata, violin, Mariatu, cello, Sheku, cello

  Franz Schubert
  Impromptu op 90 no 2
  Konya, piano

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Violin Sonata in D Minor
  I. Allegro ma non tanto
  Braimah, violin, Jeneba, piano

  Felix Mendelssohn
  Piano Trio n.1 in D Minor op. 49
  II. Andante con moto tranquillo
  Jeneba, piano, Aminata, violin, Mariatu, cello

  Franz Liszt
  Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
  Jeneba, piano

  Jerry Bock (arr. Kanneh-Masons)
  Fiddler on the Roof
  Isata, piano, Jeneba, piano, Braimah, violin, Konya, violin, Aminata, violin, Mariatu, cello, Sheku, cello

  Bob Marley (arr. Kanneh-Masons)
  Redemption Song
  Isata, piano, Jeneba, piano, Braimah, violin, Konya, violin, Aminata, violin, Mariatu, cello, Sheku, cello

  *Program subject to change

• Artists

  Cello

  Sheku Kanneh-Mason

  Violin

  Braimah Kanneh-Mason

  Piano

  Isata Kanneh-Mason

  Piano and violin

  Konya Kanneh-Mason
  Aminita Kanneh-Mason

  Piano and cello

  Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
  Mariatu Kanneh-Mason