Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a year 12 pupil at the Trinity Catholic School in Aspley proved he is the best young musician in the country with his performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No 1.
After months of qualifying rounds, 17-year-old Sheku was one of the three young musicians who made it to the final of the prestigious competition, held earlier this month at the Barbican in London and broadcast on BBC Four and Radio 3.
It was the latest in a string of achievements for Sheku. He is a junior scholar at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies cello with Ben Davies, and plays in the Chineke! Orchestra, Europe’s first professional Black and minority ethnic (BME) orchestra. He also reached the semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent last year in a classical group with his brothers and sisters.
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