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THROWBACK THURSDAY | VC Young Artist Sheku Kanneh-Mason - BBC ‘Young Musician of the Year’ [2016]

By The Violin Channel

February 8, 2018

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British VC Young Artist Sheku Kanneh-Mason's 1st prize winning performance in the Final of the 2016 'BBC Young Musician of the Year' Competition

Impressive 1st-prize-winning performance of the then 17 year old British VC Young Artist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performing Shostakovich's 1st Cello Concerto - in the Final of the 2016 'BBC Young Musician of the Year' Competition.

This week Sheku's debut album ‘Inspiration’, on the Decca Classics label, hit No. 1 on the UK classical music charts – and number 18 on the UK pop charts.

VC YOUNG ARTIST SHEKU KANNEH-MASON | SHOSTAKOVICH CELLO CONCERTO NO. 1 | MARK WIGGLESWORTH & BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 2016 'BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR'

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