Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s rise from state school to playing at the royal wedding may never be replicated, as restricted music funding and teacher time may make the artform the preserve of the elite, writes Liz Lightfoot.
This time last year the young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was awaiting his A-level results, unaware that within 12 months he would be a world sensation. The student at Trinity school, a comprehensive in one of the less advantaged parts of Nottingham, achieved his predicted A* for music and is now at the Royal Academy of Music...Keep reading on the Guardian
This time last year the young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was awaiting his A-level results, unaware that within 12 months he would be a world sensation. The student at Trinity school, a comprehensive in one of the less advantaged parts of Nottingham, achieved his predicted A* for music and is now at the Royal Academy of Music...Keep reading on the Guardian