Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his parents, Stuart and Kadie
STEVE MORGAN FOR THE TIMES
Times of London
The cellist has never even been to the Proms. Now he’s their next star soloist
Neil Fisher
It’s
an anxious time for many 18-year-olds. But yesterday Sheku Kanneh-Mason
didn’t need to worry about his music, maths and physics A-level grades.
He did get an A* in music, but he already had an unconditional place at
the Royal Academy of Music in London and he has a ticket to the Proms
at the end of the month. It’s no post-exams summer treat, however,
because the gifted cellist will be the star soloist. Freshers week
preparations will have to wait.
Kanneh-Mason
— surely destined to be known simply as “Sheku” — has never even been
to the BBC Proms as an audience member (“which is really bad, I guess,”
he says, sheepishly) so the Nottingham-raised musician doesn’t know what
to expect. “But I’ve watched a lot of them on TV and I’ve been told the
atmosphere is incredible.” Chances are, however, that it’s going to be a
particularly wild night, as he will also be the poster boy for
Chineke!, the UK’s first BME (black and minority ethnic) orchestra,
which is also making its Proms debut in the late-night event on August
30.
The Times
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