The Sala Roja Concha Velasco at the Teatros del Canal will welcome the duo made up of the cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his sister, the pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, in concert on 17 February. They will make their debut in the Community of Madrid with a recital made up of pieces by Felix Mendelssohn, Nadia Boulanger, Robert Schumann and Rebecca Clarke.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason's mission is to make music accessible to all, by performing for a group of schoolchildren, in an underground club or in the world’s leading concert halls.
Since his debut in 2017, the cellist has performed every summer at the BBC Proms, including as soloist at the 2023 Last Night of the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop. Sheku has also travelled to Antigua, where he has family connections, as an ambassador for the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra.
He made his duo recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium alongside his pianist sister, Isata Kanneh-Mason, which later took them to Bordeaux, Rome, Cincinnati, Toronto, Philadelphia, Dublin, Munich, Berlin, Antwerp, Haarlem, the Rheingau Festival and Wigmore Hall in London.
After winning the BBC Young Musician competition in 2016, Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s performance at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle in 2018 was watched by millions of people worldwide.
Artistic File:
Venue: Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja Concha Velasco
- Violoncello - Sheku Kanneh-Mason
- Piano - Isata Kanneh-Mason
Programme:
- Felix Mendelssohn - Cello Sonata No.1 in B-flat major, Op. 45
- Nadia Boulanger - Three pieces for cello and piano
Interval
- Robert Schumann - Five Pieces in a Folk Style, Op. 102
- Rebecca Clarke - Viola Sonata
Approximate Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes (including an interval)
