He previously rose to fame as the first black musician to win BBC Young Musician in 2016 and winner of The Times South Bank Breakthrough award 2017. Performing regularly as a soloist and twice at the BAFTA awards, Sheku’s debut album ‘Inspiration’ was released early 2018.
Sheku’s version of Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman, No Cry’ went viral worldwide and he became the first BBC Young Musician winner to enter the Official UK Albums Chart with a debut recording, as well as the youngest cellist ever to reach the Top 20. He is one of this year’s biggest breakthrough artists – across any genre.
Sheku has been on a whirlwind adventure since winning BBC Young Musician 2016 – performing Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ at the BAFTAs in front of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, playing at 10 Downing Street as part of the 30th anniversary of Black History Month, and making his BBC Proms debut as a soloist with Chineke! – Europe’s first majority BME (black and minority ethnic) orchestra – with the video of his performance going viral. He now studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
He will touring around the world during 2019 and 2020 you can see the venues and get tickets below.
| 13/07/2019 | Far Niente Winery | Oakville, USA | Tickets |
| 21/07/2019 | Eglise | Verbier, Switzerland | Tickets |
| 24/07/2019 | Eglise | Verbier, Switzerland | Tickets |
| 07/08/2019 | Queen’s Hall | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 08/08/2019 | Snape Maltings | Snape, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 21/08/2019 | Symphony Hall | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 22/08/2019 | Royal Albert Hall | London, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 28/09/2019 | Symphony Hall | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 05/10/2019 | Royal Festival Hall | London, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 09/10/2019 | Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg, Germany | Tickets |
| 10/10/2019 | Philharmonie | Cologne, Germany | Tickets |
| 11/10/2019 | Festspielhaus | Baden-Baden, Germany | Tickets |
| 20/10/2019 | Assembly Hall | Worthing, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 23/10/2019 | University of Limerick | Limerick, Ireland | Tickets |
| 24/10/2019 | St. Peter’s Church of Ireland | Drogheda, Ireland | Tickets |
| 31/10/2019 | Town Hall | Cheltenham, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 11/11/2019 | Prinzregententheater | Munich, Germany | Tickets |
| 15/11/2019 | St Mary’s Church | Lamberhurst, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 17/11/2019 | Corn Exchange | Dorchester, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 28/11/2019 | hr-Sendesaal | Frankfurt, Germany | Tickets |
| 29/11/2019 | hr-Sendesaal | Frankfurt, Germany | Tickets |
| 30/11/2019 | Erwin-Piscator-Haus | Marburg, Germany | Tickets |
| 03/12/2019 | Colburn School | Los Angeles, USA | Tickets |
| 04/12/2019 | UC Berkeley (Zellerbach Hall) | Berkeley, USA | Tickets |
| 05/12/2019 | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | Saint Paul, USA | Tickets |
| 06/12/2019 | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | Saint Paul, USA | Tickets |
| 08/12/2019 | Orpheum Theater | Vancouver, Canada | Tickets |
| 10/12/2019 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, USA | Tickets |
| 11/12/2019 | Carnegie Hall | New York, USA | Tickets |
| 13/12/2019 | New England Conservatory | Boston, USA | Tickets |
| 14/12/2019 | Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, USA | Tickets |
| 15/12/2019 | Folly Theater | Kansas City, USA | Tickets |
| 17/12/2019 | Kimmel Center | Philadelphia, USA | Tickets |
| 29/12/2019 | Wigmore Hall | London, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 12/01/2020 | Fairfield Hall | Croydon, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 30/01/2020 | Music Center at Strathmore | North Bethesda, USA | Tickets |
| 31/01/2020 | Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall | Baltimore, USA | Tickets |
| 01/02/2020 | Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall | Baltimore, USA | Tickets |
| 16/02/2020 | Philharmonic Hall | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 16/02/2020 | Philharmonic Hall | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 23/02/2020 | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées | Paris, France | Tickets |
| 14/03/2020 | Stoller Hall | Manchester, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 15/03/2020 | Queen Elizabeth Hall | London, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 21/04/2020 | Kennedy Center | Washington, USA | Tickets |
| 23/04/2020 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, USA | Tickets |
| 25/04/2020 | Mechanics Hall Worcester | Worcester, USA | Tickets |
| 15/05/2020 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts | Costa Mesa, USA | Tickets |
| 16/05/2020 | Alex Theatre | Glendale, USA | Tickets |
| 17/05/2020 | Royce Hall | Los Angeles, USA | Tickets |
| 18/05/2020 | Granada Theatre | Santa Barbara, USA | Tickets |
| 04/06/2020 | Philharmonic Hall | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 05/06/2020 | Philharmonic Hall | Liverpool, United Kingdom | Tickets |
| 18/07/2020 | Symphony Hall | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Tickets |
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