#ISATA KANNEH-MASON

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

[captain-kit-adventuress]

So sorry to peer review a mutual but jfc this one's for real. Been listening to this album for 15+ years and it still blows my socks off every single time.

reblog this and put in the tags what you think an absolutely gold star album is. every song hits, every song links thematically, the order of the songs feels purposeful, and just all round it feels just. so well made

[lonaami]

for your sake all my heart is bruised: a trigun stampede fanmix for a love which never ceases and an unending crusade to save one who is lost

longing - matteo myderwyk // speak to me - amy lee // geyser - mitski // la parfum de fleurs - ensemble FOVE & taku matsushiba // beautiful undone - laura doggett // love comes home - les friction // i love you - riopy // your world will fail - les friction // un amour impossible - joshua kyan aalampour // restraint - florence + the machine // big god - florence + the machine // stalker - iamx, kat von d // morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3:1. elegie - sergei rachmaninoff, sheku kanneh-mason, isata kanneh-mason // i come with knives - iamx // indoctrination - alter bridge // screaming silence - luca d'alberto

[lesser-known-composers]

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason performs Clara Schumann's fiery Scherzo No.2 in C Minor, Op. 14.

[dudewhoabides]

Isata Kanneh-Mason | Clara Schumann's Scherzo No.2 in C Minor | Classic ...

[edlorado]

Clara Schumann - Scherzo No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 14 Piano : Isata Kanneh-Mason

[bttrflyblu]

Isata Kanneh-Mason - Debussy: Children's Corner, CD 119 - I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

[lboogie1906]

Sheku Kanneh-Mason (born April 4, 1999) is a teenage cellist who performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018. He grew up in Nottingham, England with his six siblings. His father Stuart Mason worked as a hotel business manager; his mother Dr. Kadiatu Kanneh, a native of Sierra Leone, was a former literature lecturer at the University of Birmingham. His sister Isata became a Young Musician finalist and earned a scholarship from singer-composer Elton John to attend the Royal Academy of Music.

He switched to the cello because he wanted to outdo his older brother, Braimah, and perform with a larger instrument. He had scored the highest in the nation in Grade 8 cello; won the Marguerite Swan Memorial Prize; and was granted a scholarship from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music to study at the Royal Academy of Music. He and his siblings achieved visibility when they appeared in 2015 on Britain’s Got Talent. He won the 38th BBC Young Musician of the Year competition with his rendition of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto #1. He received the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Instrumentalist Prize and the Southbank Breakthrough Award. Lionized by the press, he was profiled in the BBC Four’s 2016 documentary Young, Gifted and Classical: The Making of a Maestro. He made his London debut at the King’s Palace and the Royal Albert Hall and Decca Classics announced the release of his first album titled Inspiration which topped Britain’s classical music chart and broke into the Top 20 in the Official UK Albums Chart.

Prince Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle, had observed him at a London charity event. Markle requested that he perform at their wedding. He entertained the audience comprised of celebrities while the future Duke and Duchess of Sussex completed their marital documents. He rendered his interpretation of Maria Theresia von Paradis’s “Sicilienne,” followed by Gabriel Fauré’s “Après un Rêve,” and Franz Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”

He was scheduled for recitals and concerts in the Netherlands, UK, France, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, and the US and continues to perform globally. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[qudachuk]

The pianist on being the eldest of the celebrated Kanneh-Mason clan, how to rehearse without annoying the neighbours, and what she listens to off dutyThe pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, 27, has an international career as a soloist and chamber musician,...

[helloyoucreatives]

The Barbican launches At the Barbs - a new podcast exploring the colliding worlds of culture and art, in collaboration with The Elephant Room

The Barbican has launched At the Barbs, a new weekly podcast delving into the world of art and creativity - through the lens of culture and its influences on a younger generation. At the Barbs is hosted by Capital XTRA broadcaster Robert Bruce, and will feature a new guest each week for six weeks to discuss performances and shows at the Barbican and beyond, with the first episode going live tomorrow (9 Nov 2022).

The new podcast, developed with creative agency The Elephant Room, will provide a space to discuss theatre, film, music and art from the point-of-view of communities, rather than the traditional and established perspectives. “It’s a meeting point for where art and culture blurs lines, borders and boundaries, and shifts locations - whether they are physical or digital.” says host Robert Bruce. Alongside the podcast sits a suite of new creative assets, marketing materials and social content developed with The Elephant Room.

The podcast encourages listeners to develop their own point of view, safe in the knowledge that there’s no right or wrong answer, and invites them to experience and review art and performances from the Barbican programme. At The Barbs has been created for everyone who sees culture as unbounded, finding it anywhere, anytime and in any form. 

The first season will feature Robert Bruce in conversation with a different guest each week. Guests include radio host and presenter Swarzy Macaly reflecting on current Barbican Art Gallery exhibition Carolee Schneemann:Body Politics (Thu 8 Sep 2022—Sun 8 Jan 2023), writer and film director Koby Adam on To What End, a recent evening of short dance and live music performances developed by William Kentridge’s The Centre for the Less Good Idea in the Barbican The Pit Theatre, and musician Jelani Blackman discussing The UK Drill Project by HighRise Entertainment (Thu 3—Sat 12 Nov 2022). Other guests include Youtuber and football vlogger David Vujanic talking about Black Arsenal, an exploration of Arsenal’s historic contribution to Black sporting iconography, singer and songwriter Miraa May reflecting on internationally-renowned pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason’s recent Barbican Hall performance and A&R Manager Komali Scott–Jones discussing ‘writer of the decade’ Rupi Kaur and her recent spoken word poetry experience. Each guest will reflect on what they've seen and unpack its themes whilst discussing their own creative journeys and views on culture.

[figues]

happy women’s history month 

[lesser-known-composers]

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) - Impromptu No. 2 in B Minor ·

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

[wrybility]

today's soundtrack

[larryneilson37]

What I'm listening to right now

Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby (Arr. Parkin) by Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Konya Kanneh-Mason, Aminata Kanneh-Mason, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Mariatu Kanneh-Mason, on the album: Carnival

[pers-books]

The super-talented musical family, the Kanneh-Masons, are releasing their first ever family album - a recording of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, with new poems written by Michael Morpurgo, read by Olivia Colman.

The family of seven siblings includes Sheku Kanneh-Mason, 21 year old cellist;  Isata Kanneh-Mason, 24 year old pianist; Braimah, 22 year old violinist; Konya (19) and Aminata (14) who are both violinist and pianists; Jeneba (17) and Mariatu (10) are both cellists and pianists. 

Sheku and Isata are individual recording artists in their own right, while Sheku, Isata, and Braimah play together as a piano trio. 

More here.