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Sheku Kanneh-Mason
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Fact title | Fact data |
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Instrument |
Cello
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Age |
16
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Solo suite for cello, 3rd movt
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Rachmaninov |
Morceaux de Fantaisie op.3, ‘Elégie’
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Shostakovich |
Cello Sonata, 2nd movt
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Accompanist |
Isata Kanneh-Mason
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Sixteen year old Sheku attends Trinity Catholic School in Nottingham. He holds the ABRSM Junior Scholarship to The Royal Academy of Music, where he studies cello with Ben Davies. Sheku plays in the Chineke! Junior and Professional Orchestra, as well as the JRAM Symphony Orchestra. He plays chamber music with the Kanneh-Mason Piano Trio and the Ash String Trio. Sheku plays a cello made by Frank White of Ladystone Violins. He also enjoys football.
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