He is known the world over as "the royal wedding cellist".
Sheku Kanneh-Mason shot to global fame after his performance at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018.
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He played three pieces of music, including his tear-jerking rendition of Ave Maria, which is believed to have been watched by an estimated two billion people across the world.
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 before the entire family joins them in the second half of the program.
The program will feature works by Schubert, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Gershwin and other popular composers.
In a coup for Australian audiences, this will be the largest tour the siblings have undertaken together outside of the UK.
The Kanneh-Masons are Isata, 25 (piano), Braimah, 24 (violin), Sheku, 23 (cello), Konya, 21 (piano and violin), Jeneba, 19 (piano and cello), Aminita, 16 (violin and piano), and Mariatu, 12 (cello and piano).
Sheku plays a 1700 Matteo Gofriller cello kindly on loan from an anonymous syndicate of private investors.
Concerts are Perth: August 4, Perth Concert Hall; Adelaide: August 7, Her Majesty's Theatre; Sydney: August 9 The Concourse, Chatswood, and August 11 City Recital Hall; Canberra: August 14, Canberra Theatre Centre; Brisbane: August 18, QPAC Concert Hall; Melbourne, August 20, Hamer Hall, Arts Centre.
- Tour details: Andrew McKinnon Presentations at www.amck.com.au
Therese Murray
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