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The Kanneh-Masons' River of Music
12th Sep 2025by Matthew Ash
The seven Kanneh-Mason siblings come together to celebrate their origins and the 'river of music' that has run through the generations of their family, in a selection of music which pays homage to their West African and Welsh roots, as well as the classical tradition in which they have grown together as musicians.
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River of Music
Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Konya Kanneh-Mason (violin, piano), Aminata Kanneh-Mason (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Mariatu Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Edgar Francis (viola), Toby Hughes (doublebass), The Kanneh-Masons
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Isata Kanneh-Mason's Childhood Tales
31st May 2023by Katherine Cooper
The pianist discusses growing up in a 'house full of music' in Nottingham, and her new album of works by Mozart, Schumann, Debussy and Dohnányi (out now on Decca Classics).
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MUSE from Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
5th Nov 2021by Katherine Cooper
The siblings' contrasting musical personalities complement one another quite beautifully in sonatas by Barber and Rachmaninov, plus a well-chosen selection of songs by both composers.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason on Summertime
8th Jul 2021by Katherine Cooper
The pianist talks to Katherine about her new all-American album (released tomorrow on Decca Classics), which features music by Barber, Coleridge-Taylor, Beach, Gershwin and Copland.
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Carnival of the Animals from the Kanneh-Masons
20th Nov 2020by Katherine Cooper
The seven siblings bring Saint-Saëns’s menagerie to teeming life, with Michael Morpurgo delivering his own new narration with avuncular charm.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann
5th Jul 2019by Katherine Cooper
The 24-year-old pianist makes her debut on Decca with a bicentenary tribute to one of the nineteenth century’s most remarkable women, including the Piano Concerto which she completed at sixteen and premiered with Mendelssohn and the Gewandhausorchester.
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Isata Kanneh-Mason on Clara Schumann
5th Jul 2019by Katherine Cooper
The pianist talks to Katherine about her debut solo recording, released to commemorate Schumann's bicentenary this year.