The Kanneh-Mason parents packed their children’s after-school schedule with activities — cricket, soccer, tennis, gymnastics and karate — but it was music that stuck.
The seven siblings went on to become a classical music sensation.
While mom Kadiatu (Kadie) Kanneh and dad Stuart Mason took music classes in school, that’s as far as their formal music education went. When it became clear their children had abundant musical talent, they wanted to foster it.