![]() ![]() ![]() He is the third of seven children and began learning the cello at the age of six with Sarah Huson-Whyte, having briefly played the violin. Kadiatu Kanneh, from Sierra Leone, a former lecturer at the University of Birmingham and author of the 2020 book House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons. He was born to Stuart Mason, from London, a luxury hotel business manager of Antiguan descent, and Dr. Kanneh-Mason grew up in Nottingham, England. As of 2021, Kanneh-Mason plays a Matteo Goffriller cello which was made in 1700. He played at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle on under the direction of Christopher Warren-Green. He was the first Black musician to win the competition since its launch in 1978. Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE (born 4 April 1999) is a British cellist who won the 2016 BBC Young Musician award. ![]()
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