Kanneh-Mason Family Celebration

At the Orpheum

The Vancouver Recital Society presents a Kanneh-Mason Family Celebration

VRS patrons are very familiar with two members of the prodigiously talented Kanneh-Mason family: cellist Sheku and pianist Isata, who made their Canadian debuts in a sold-out recital on our stage in 2017 (the duo returned in 2019, and Isata performed a solo recital in 2022). Incredibly, there are five additional Kanneh-Mason siblings, ranging in age from 11 to 24 years old, all of whom play either violin, piano or cello. They have won many prizes and awards and appeared in numerous television shows. In October 2020, they released their first album ‘Carnival’ on Decca Classics to great critical acclaim, and in May 2021 received the Global Award for Best Classical Artist. All the children attend or have attended London’s Royal Academy of Music and its Primary and Junior Academies, except pianist Jeneba who has progressed to London’s Royal College of Music for her undergraduate studies.

ISATA KANNEH-MASON, piano
BRAIMAH KANNEH-MASON, violin
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON, cello
KONYA KANNEH-MASON, piano & violin
JENEBA KANNEH-MASON, piano & cello
AMINATA KANNEH-MASON, violin & piano
MARIATU KANNEH-MASON, cello & piano