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MUSIC
“Technically superb and eloquent in his expressivity,
he held the capacity audience spellbound with an
interpretation of exceptional authority.”
- The Telegraph
e released his first album, Inspiration,
in early 2018. Sheku and four of his six
siblings performed one of his debut
H album’s songs, “Evening of Roses,” at this
year’s BAFTA (British Academy Film Awards) ceremony.
The young cellist was invited to perform again at the
awards, as a result of his stellar 2017 BAFTA performance
of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”; also recorded on his
debut album.
During 2018-19, Sheku Kanneh-Mason will enter the
Young-Artist-in-Residence program with the Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra. Talented, handsome and fresh,
Sheku’s tenacious, yet relaxed personality is bringing
extraordinary classical music, along with the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex’ nuptials, into the twenty-first century.
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