Andrew McKinnon is proud to present the first Australian tour of Britain’s most exciting classical music performers – Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Kanneh-Mason family will be touring Australia in August 2022.
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.
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.
ANDREW MCKINNON PRESENTS SHEKU KANNEH-MASON AND THE KANNEH-MASON FAMILY
Thurs 4th August Perth Perth Concert Hall – 7:00PM
Sun 7th August Adelaide Her Majesty’s Theatre – 2:00PM
Tues 9th August Sydney The Concourse, Chatswood – 7:00PM
Thurs 11th August Sydney City Recital Hall – 7:00PM
Sun 14th August Canberra Canberra Theatre Centre – 2.00PM
Thurs 18th August Brisbane QPAC Concert Hall – 7:00PM
Sat 20th August Melbourne Hamer Hall, Arts Centre – 2:00PM
For tickets visit: www.amck.com.au
Top photo: Sheku Kanneh-Mason ©Lars Borges
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