{"id":45553,"date":"2024-07-24T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ca49685a-7b7f-4ec8-952f-794496f299c9"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:58:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:58:58","slug":"braimah-kanneh-mason-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-gifted-british-violinist-returning-to-the-proms-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/braimah-kanneh-mason-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-gifted-british-violinist-returning-to-the-proms-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Braimah Kanneh-Mason: all you need to know about the gifted British violinist returning to the Proms this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Wednesday, 24 July 2024 at 15:08 PM<\/p>

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He’ll be performing at the 2024 BBC Proms<\/a>, and is a member of an astonishingly talented musical family. But who is violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason?<\/strong><\/p>

Who is Braimah Kanneh-Mason?<\/strong><\/h2>Braimah Kanneh-Mason is a British violinist who has performed throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Australia. He is one of the\u00a0 Kanneh-Masons<\/strong><\/a>, a famously musical family of seven siblings.<\/p>
An avid chamber<\/a><\/strong> musician, Braimah is a member of the Kaleidoscope Collective and the Kanneh-Mason Piano Trio<\/a><\/strong> with his siblings,\u00a0cellist\u00a0 Sheku Kanneh-Mason<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason<\/a><\/strong>. He has also collaborated with artists including Nicola Benedetti<\/a><\/strong>, Tom Poster and Priya Mitchell.<\/p>
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How old is Braimah Kanneh-Mason?<\/strong><\/h2>
Braimah Kanneh-Mason is 26 years old and grew up in Nottingham. He is the second eldest of the seven Kanneh-Mason siblings, after his sister Isata.<\/p>
<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Braimah Kanneh-Mason plays John Williams’ theme to ‘Schindler’s List’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kirill Karabits<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-where-did-he-grow-up\">Where did he grow up?<\/strong><\/h2>Braimah Kanneh-Mason grew up in the family home in Nottingham. His father, Stuart Mason, is a business executive of Antiguan background; his mother, Kadiatu Kanneh, is a university educator born in Sierra Leone and has chronicled her experiences in the book\u00a0Raising the Kanneh-Masons<\/em>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-are-the-kanneh-masons\">Who are the Kanneh-Masons?<\/strong><\/h2>Braimah is the second eldest of seven musical siblings \u2013 pianist\u00a0Isata, cellist Sheku, pianist-violinist Konya, pianist Jeneba, violinist-pianist Aminata and cellist-pianist Mariatu and the others.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/jeneba-kanneh-mason-signs-for-sony-classical\">Jeneba Kanneh-Mason signs to Sony Classical<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/20-greatest-pianists-all-time\">20 greatest pianists of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-did-braimah-start-learning-the-violin\">When did Braimah start learning the violin?<\/strong><\/h2>Braimah started learning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/instruments\/piano-parts\">piano<\/a><\/strong> when he was six years old, and took up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/instruments\/violin-history\">violin<\/a><\/strong> a year later.<\/p>\u2018As soon as I was old enough to understand what concerts and music making were all about, I wanted to be part of it,\u2019 he says.<\/p>His childhood hero was violinist Itzhak Perlman, and later Maxim Vengerov, too. But he also listened to music by Bob Marley and Michael Jackson.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/best-violin-concertos\">The best violin concertos of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/20-greatest-violinists-ever\">20 greatest violinists of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-are-braimah-kanneh-mason-s-teachers\">Who are Braimah Kanneh-Mason\u2019s teachers?<\/strong><\/h2>Braimah is currently studying with Barnab\u00e1s Kelemen and Eszter Perenyi at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uni.lisztacademy.hu\">Franz Liszt Academy of Music<\/a><\/strong> in Budapest. He is a graduate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ram.ac.uk\">Royal Academy of Music<\/a><\/strong> where studied with Mateja Marinkovic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/jack-liebeck\">Jack Liebeck<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-albums-has-braimah-kanneh-mason-recorded\">What albums has Braimah Kanneh-Mason recorded?<\/strong><\/h2>Braimah as recorded the album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccaclassics.com\/en\/catalogue\/products\/carnival-the-kanneh-masons-12153\">Carnival<\/strong><\/a><\/em> with his famous siblings. The album features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/camille-saint-saens\">Saint-Sa\u00ebns<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Carnival of the Animals<\/em> with narration by Michael Morpurgo and Olivia Colman, alongside works by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/tchaikovsky\">Tchaikovsky<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/bela-bartok\">Bart\u00f3k<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/edvard-grieg\">Grieg<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/nikolay-rimsky-korsakov\">Rimsky-Korsakov<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/eric-whitacre-2\">Eric Whitacre<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-type-of-outreach-projects-is-he-involved-in\">What type of outreach projects is he involved in?<\/strong><\/h2>An advocate for equal opportunity in music education, Braimah is a Cultural Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, and a Junior Ambassador for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.misst.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Music in Secondary Schools Trust<\/a><\/strong>. He has also been a mentor at Sistema England.<\/p>\u2018Of course, I\u2019m biased being a musician, but I think all people would agree that music is fundamental. And whether you\u2019re going to be a musician or not, it\u2019s such an amazing thing to be able to express yourself through music,\u2019 he says.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/instruments\/these-are-the-7-things-to-look-for-when-youre-choosing-a-music-teacher\">7 things to look for when you’re choosing a music teacher<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\u2018The government covered the costs of music tuition when my parents were young. This opened up music to a wider range of people. But these days the use of instrumental music has dropped dramatically because schools no longer have the money to provide it.\u2019<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/science-of-music\/does-listening-to-music-help-your-mental-health\">This is why music is good for your mental health, according to scientists<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-violin-does-braimah-kanneh-mason-play\">What violin does Braimah Kanneh-Mason play?<\/strong><\/h2>Braimah currently performs on a Gagliano violin on loan through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beares.com\/beares-international-violin-society\/\">Beare\u2019s International Violin Society<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Redemption Song (Arr. Kanneh-Mason)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_LmRcr8Mm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Kanneh-Masons perform ‘Redemption Song’ from their album ‘Carnival’<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-kanneh-masons-at-the-2024-bbc-proms\">The Kanneh-Masons at the 2024 BBC Proms<\/strong><\/h2>Braimah joins his brother Sheku for two performances at this year’s Proms. <\/p>On 4 August (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/events\/e5gbc8\">Prom 20<\/a><\/strong>), the siblings join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/a-quick-guide-to-the-classical-guitar\">guitarist<\/a><\/strong> Pl\u00ednio Fernandes, plus the Fantasia Orchestra and their conductor Tom Fetherstonhaugh, for a programme of chamber arrangements of pop, classical and folk music including pieces by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/bela-bartok\">Bart\u00f3k<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/johannes-brahms\">Brahms<\/a><\/strong>, as well as the classic folk song ‘<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/scarborough-fair-lyrics\">Scarborough Fair<\/a><\/strong>‘.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/\">Browse all our 2024 BBC Proms content: interviews, profiles and more<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>Then, on 5 August (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/events\/ez8mzc\">Prom 22<\/a><\/strong>), the same forces reunite for a Relaxed Prom performance of selected pieces from the night before, in company with presenter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/jess-gillam\">Jess Gillam<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Published: Wednesday, 24 July 2024 at 15:08 PM He’ll be performing at the 2024 BBC Proms, and is a member of an astonishingly talented musical family. 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