„Es ist immer etwas ganz Besonderes, an einem Ort wunderbare Musik mit Musikern und Musikerinnen zu teilen, denen sie wirklich am Herzen liegt, und mit einem Publikum, das offen dafür ist, uns und unsere Beziehung zur Musik kennenzulernen. Ich freue mich sehr auf meine Residency und das Konzerhaus-Publikum!“

The residency of the celebrated young cellist from Great Britain is almost coming to an end - experience Sheku Kanneh-Mason once again in his concerts for the season finale!

The portrait evening ‘Sheku Kanneh-Mason's Universe’ on July 10 introduces the young cellist  in more detail under the motto “Music, Family, Football“ - of course, not without live music. From July 11 to 13, he will share the stage with the Konzerthausorchester as a soloist for the third and final time during his residency, when they perform Ernest Bloch's Hebrew Rhapsody ‘Schelomo’ under the direction of Michael Sanderling.

"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. I'm really looking forward to my residency and the Konzerhaus audience!"

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s career and performances span the globe. Whether performing for children in a school hall, at an underground club or in the world’s leading concert venues as a soloist with orchestras like Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris or Royal Philharmonic, Sheku’s mission is to make music accessible to all. Besides his career as a cello soloist, he has repeatedly toured Europe and Asia with his pianist sister Isata. Since his debut in 2017, he has performed every summer at the BBC Proms. Sheku’s 2020 album Elgar reached No. 8 in the overall Official UK Album Chart, making him the first ever cellist to reach the UK Top 10. 

He is a graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Hannah Roberts, and in May 2022, was appointed as the Academy’s first Menuhin Visiting Professor of Performance Mentoring. He is an ambassador for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Future Talent, and Music Masters. Sheku was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List. He plays a Matteo Goffriller cello from 1700 which is on indefinite loan to him.