BRAIMAH KANNEH-MASON

The second eldest of the Kanneh-Mason siblings, Braimah Kanneh-Mason is a dynamic and engaging violinist who has performed throughout the UK, Europe, USA and the Australia as a soloist and as a chamber musician.

In recent seasons he has played concerti with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bath Philharmonia. An avid chamber musician, Braimah is a member of the Kanneh-Mason Piano Trio, Festival Academy Budapest Ensemble and Kaleidoscope Collective. He has performed at venues and festivals such as London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Hall, Melbourne Symphony Hall, Verbier Festival, Highgate International Chamber Music Festival, Leicester International Chamber Music Festival and collaborated with artists such as Nicola Benedetti, Tom Poster and Priya Mitchell.  In  2024 he appeared in two concerts at the BBC Proms with his brother Sheku, Brazilian guitarist Plinio Fernandés and Fantasia Orchestra, conducted by Tom Featherstonhaugh.  He also played Coleridge Taylor’s violin concerto in the USA with the Canton Symphony and Illinois Symphony Orchestras.

Through playing and presenting Braimah has recorded an episode in the BBC series, ‘In the Studio’, has co-presented a radio programme for Classic FM and recorded as a soloist for BBC Radio 3 and performed on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends show.

Braimah is a passionate advocate for equal opportunity and diversity in music education and is a Cultural Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda and a Junior Ambassador for Music in Secondary Schools Trust. He has been a mentor at Sistema England, Junior Music Works and a mentor for consecutive years for the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Orchestra (ABYSO).

Most recently, Braimah has studied with Barnabás Kelemen and Eszter Perenyi at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he was a scholarship student with Mateja Marinkovic and Jack Liebeck, winning the Harold Craxton Prize, the John McAslan Prize and the Dame Ruth Railton Chamber Music Prize. 

Braimah plays a Matteo Goffriller violin on generous loan from a private sponsor through Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.