Sheku Kanneh-Mason News

This summer, the Grand Teton Music Festival and Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles will 'Welcome Home' their musicians, patrons, and community from July 2 to August 21, 2021. GTMF celebrates its 60th season with seven weeks of performances - one week outdoors and six weeks inside Walk Festival Hall.

The Grand Teton Music Festival Board of Directors has announced a five-year extension of Music Director Donald Runnicles' contract, effective through 2026, bringing his tenure with the Festival to 20 years.

Audiences can safely enjoy live music at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in 2021 with 40 new concerts announced today. Five of these will be available for audiences to enjoy in the comfort of their own home through Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's On Demand offering.

On 4 December 2020, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen present the final Philharmonia Session of 2020, filmed and recorded at Battersea Arts Centre.

WHAT'S STREAMING: CLASSICAL - WEEK OF OCTOBER 26 – NOVEMBER 1

This weekend, Segerstrom Center for the Arts shared a video of a performance from 2 of the 7 Kanneh-Mason family!

NPR Music and Lara Downes announce the launch of AMPLIFY With Lara Downes

UMS's 142nd Season kicks off in September with digital presentations, Q&A, virtual book launch, outdoor movement workshops and more.

BBC Proms is fast approaching, with the first Prom kicking off on 28 August. 

Cellists Gautier Capuçon, Evelyn De Silva-Maisky, Zlatomir Fung, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Mischa Maisky, Alisa Weilerstein, and Clive Gillinson perform the Preludio from Villa-Lobos's a?oeBachianas brasileirasa?? No. 1 during Live with Carnegie Hall on May 21, 2020.

In the year that the Proms turns 125 years old, the 2020 season brings the spirit of the Proms to music-lovers at home. BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four broadcasts treasures from the past 30 years of the Proms across six weeks, before two weeks of incredible live performances at the Royal Albert Hall.

Cellists Gautier Capuçon, Evelyn De Silva-Maisky, Zlatomir Fung, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Mischa Maisky, Alisa Weilerstein, and Clive Gillinson perform the Preludio from Villa-Lobos's “Bachianas brasileiras” No. 1 during Live with Carnegie Hall on May 21, 2020.

As the novel coronavirus continues to pose a serious threat to public health around the world, the University Musical Society has announced several changes to its fall season.

The San Francisco Symphony's COVID-19 response has been guided by a belief that we must a?oeplan for the worst while hoping for the better.a?? However, in accordance with guidelines from the State of California and City of San Francisco, they have made the difficult decision to cancel all San Francisco Symphony concerts through December 31, 2020.

The Philharmonia Orchestra has today announced The Philharmonia Sessions a?" a summer programme of three world class free digital concerts, broadcast on YouTube and conceived and created especially for an online audience.

In honor of Juneteenth, WQXR is devoting the entire day to spotlighting the work of Black composers and performers from around the globe with an all-day tribute a?oeMusic for Juneteenth: A Celebration of Black Classical Artistry.a??

Carnegie Hall continues its new online series Live with Carnegie Hall this Thursday, May 21 at 2PM EDT with an episode paying tribute to the late American cellist Lynn Harrell. Harrell's half-century career placed him in the highest echelon of performing artists and a roster of acclaimed cellists including Gautier Capuçon and more.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will present a new LACO AT HOME digital program featuring an exclusive interview with British cello virtuoso Sheku Kanneh-Mason, one of the brightest young stars on the classical music scene, in conversation with LACO Music Director Jaime Martín.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's 180th season, and Vasily Petrenko's final season as Chief Conductor, before assuming the role of Conductor Laureate, features a compelling programme across a wide variety of repertoire.

Due to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's' temporary ban on all large group events in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, theatres across the state are postponing and/or canceling performances. BroadwayWorld Detroit is doing its best to combine a list of those performances in one place for theatergoers. If a theatre or any information is missing, please email Katie.Laban@gmail.com for it to be added. *This is a developing story, with more information being added as it becomes available.