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Five questions to Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Aug. 20, 2024Share
Portrait Sheku Kanneh-Mason mit Celllo © Ollie Ali
We are delighted to welcome cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason as our new Artist in Residence and ask him a few questions about his 2024/25 season.
How do you feel about coming to Berlin to start your residency at the Konzerthaus?
Berlin is a city that I don't know well yet. I am really looking forward to the residency and the opportunity to get to know the city, new musicians and the Konzerthaus. It's always very special to share wonderful music in a place with musicians who really care about it and with an audience that is open to getting to know us and our relationship to music.
How did you find your way to the cello?
The first instrument I learnt was the piano. We had one at home, my older siblings as well as both of my parents were playing, and I wanted to join with what they were doing. So my mum gave me a lot of lessons on the piano and later on the violin as well. But I didn't get on well with the violin at all. When I was about six years old, I went to listen to a youth orchestra in Nottingham and became really excited by the look and the sound of the cello.
So I asked if I could play it instead. And I'm glad that I did. It simply suited me.
In addition to three cello concertos, chamber music is also on the program - how important is it for you?
It's a wonderful way to enjoy music, and has been for my whole life. I'm grateful to have grown up with six siblings, all of whom play a string instrument or the piano. There were lots of opportunities to play chamber music at home. Particularly with my older sister Isata and my older brother Braimah, we played a lot of piano trios when we were growing up and still continue to do that. It is highly enjoyable to explore this wonderful repertoire with those two musicians I know so very well. We are delighted that we are going to be playing a piano trio concert as part of my residency at the Konzerthaus.
Are you a „strictly classical“ guy?
Not at all, even though the majority of my education has been within the genre of classical music. The more I get to know the cello, the more I realise how much I can do with it in terms of the range of sounds, colours, characters and images. Collaborating with musicians from jazz, pop and other backgrounds made me able to enjoy exploring those possibilities in other genres of music as well.
At Konzerthaus, I'll be playing two concerts with old friends of mine who have different musical backgrounds. There's Brazilian guitarist Plinio Fernandez and Harry Baker, who is a wonderful jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Playing together with him involves a lot of improvisation. For me, these collaborations have always been a highly enjoyable process that expands the imagination. That's the most thrilling part.
Are there any wishes you have for the future of music?
Music is wonderful, powerful, beautiful, and brilliant. I'm so grateful that it has been such a big part of my life since I was very young.
I would love to see music be a big part in as many peoples' lives as possible because it's a whole world of wonder and imagination.
And I would very much love to see that everyone gets the opportunity to have a proper musical education.
Clip: Sheku Kanneh-Mason about his residency
Veranstaltungen
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Cellist*innen des Konzerthausorchesters
Kammermusik mit dem Artist in Residence
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Friedemann Ludwig Cello
Andreas Timm Cello
Taneli Turunen Cello
Viola Bayer Cello
Alexander Kahl Cello
Nerina Mancini Cello
Jae Won Song Cello
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz
mit Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Sofia Gubaidulina
Märchenpoem“ für Orchester
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
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Pjotr Tschaikowsky
Sinfonie Nr. 4 f-Moll op. 36
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz
mit Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Sofia Gubaidulina
Märchenpoem“ für Orchester
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
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Pjotr Tschaikowsky
Sinfonie Nr. 4 f-Moll op. 36
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz
mit Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Sofia Gubaidulina
Märchenpoem“ für Orchester
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
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Pjotr Tschaikowsky
Sinfonie Nr. 4 f-Moll op. 36
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Sheku & Isata
Duo-Rezital unter Geschwistern
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Isata Kanneh-Mason Piano
Gabriel Fauré
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier d-Moll op. 109
Francis Poulenc
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier
Natalie Klouda
„Tor Mordôn“ für Violoncello und Klavier
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier B-Dur op. 45
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Sheku Kanneh-Masons Universum
Musik, Familie, Fußball – ein interdisziplinärer Portraitabend mit Gespräch und Musik rund um unseren Artist in Residence.
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Michael Sanderling
mit Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Michael Sanderling Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Ernest Bloch
„Schelomo“ - Hebräische Rhapsodie für Violoncello und Orchester
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Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Sinfonie Nr. 11 g-Moll op. 103 („Das Jahr 1905“)
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Michael Sanderling
mit Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Michael Sanderling Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Ernest Bloch
„Schelomo“ - Hebräische Rhapsodie für Violoncello und Orchester
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Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Sinfonie Nr. 11 g-Moll op. 103 („Das Jahr 1905“)
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Michael Sanderling
mit Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Michael Sanderling Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Ernest Bloch
„Schelomo“ - Hebräische Rhapsodie für Violoncello und Orchester
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Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Sinfonie Nr. 11 g-Moll op. 103 („Das Jahr 1905“)
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Konzert zur Saisoneröffnung
mit dem Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz und Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
John Adams
„The Chairman Dances“ - Foxtrott für Orchester
Antonín Dvořák
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester h-Moll op. 104
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Sergej Rachmaninow
Sinfonische Tänze op. 45
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz
mit Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Artist in Residence)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
John Adams
„The Chairman Dances“ - Foxtrott für Orchester
Antonín Dvořák
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester h-Moll op. 104
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Sergej Rachmaninow
Sinfonische Tänze op. 45
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Familienkonzert mit dem Konzerthausorchester
Hello Cello!
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Joana Mallwitz Conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Leonie Hentschel Host / Presenter
Antonín Dvořák
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester h-Moll op. 104
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BACH & BEYOND
Genreübergreifendes Konzert im ausgeräumten Großen Saal
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
Harry Baker Piano
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