The Kanneh-Masons
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Biography
Originally from Nottingham, the Kanneh-Mason family owes its reputation to cellist prodigy Sheku Kanneh-Mason (b. 1999), whose promising early career was crowned by the insignia of Member of the Order of the British Empire. It includes six other soloists trained at the Conservatory or Royal Academy of Music: Isata (piano), Braimah (violin), Mariatu (cello), Konya and Animata (piano and violin), and Jenneba (cello and piano). The seven musicians, who have won individual awards in competitions, will perform at the Royal Variety Show, the royal family's annual show, in 2019, before going into the studio to record Carnival of the Animals, a musical tale created in 1886 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The Carnival album, released in 2020, features another member of the family in the person of author Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason and narrators Michael Morpurgo and Olivia Colman. In addition to the main piece, the program includes other compositions and arrangements, including a classic cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song ". In 2025, their second album River of Music develops a theme around themes by Handel, Coleridge-Taylor, Chopin(Fantaisie-Impromptu), Liszt, DvoÅák, Hughes and Schubert's Quintet in A major "The Trout".
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Glory Box by Himesh Patel
- Carnival of the Animals: Characters with Long Ears
- Redemption Song (Arr. Kanneh-Mason)
- Traditional: Ar Lan y Môr (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble)
- Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
- The Seal Lullaby (Arr. Parkin) featuring Braimah Kanneh-Mason
- Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium (or I Have a Friend)
- Carnival of the Animals: Hens and Roosters
- Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant
- Carnival of the Animals: Wild Donkeys Swift Animals (or Make What You Like of That)
- Carnival of the Animals: Kangaroos
- Carnival of the Animals: Tortoises
- Carnival of the Animals: Preamble featuring Braimah Kanneh-Mason
- Carnival of the Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
- Handel: Trio Sonata in G Minor, HWV 393: III. Largo (Transcr. Beyer 2 Cellos & Piano) featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason
- L.J. Hughes: Calon Lân (Arr. Braimah & Aminata Kanneh-Mason for 2 Violins) featuring Braimah Kanneh-Mason
- Isata Kanneh-Mason: Hiraeth
- Carnival of the Animals: I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion featuring Timothy Ridout
- Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River (Arr. The Kanneh-Masons for Ensemble)
- Elgar: Sospiri, Op. 70 (Arr. Anon. for Violin & Piano) featuring Braimah Kanneh-Mason
- DvoÅák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203: Song to the Moon (Arr. Parkin for Cello & Piano) featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason
- Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium featuring Braimah Kanneh-Mason
