Sheku Kanneh-Mason

About Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Cellist who became famous after performing at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding in May 2018. He was the first black artist to win the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2016.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason is a British cellist who won the 2016 BBC Young Musician award. He was the first Black musician to win the competition since its launch in 1978. He played at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle on 19 May 2018 under the direction of Christopher Warren-Green. Kanneh-Mason plays an Amati cello which was made in 1610.

Labels	Decca Classics
Born	April 04, 1999, Nottingham, England
Instruments	Cello
Years active	2015–present
Genres	Classical

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Trivia

He was featured as the titular subject of the BBC Four music documentary Young, Gifted and Classical: The Making of a Maestro in 2016. That same year, he won the Royal Philharmonic Society's young instrumentalist duet award. 

Sheku Kanneh-Mason before fame

At the age of nine, he obtained a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art's Junior Academy. With his family's appearance on Britain's Got Talent in 2015, he garnered a broader audience.

Achievement of Sheku Kanneh-Mason

In 2016, he was the subject of the BBC Four music documentary Young, Gifted, and Classical: The Making of a Maestro, which aired on BBC Four. He also won the Royal Philharmonic Society's young instrumentalist duet award in the same year.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Sheku Kanneh-Mason family life

He has a total of eight siblings. Kadiatu and Stuart are his parents' names.

Associations of Sheku Kanneh-Mason

He has named Jacqueline Du Pre as one of his major musical influences.

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