The Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason Interview

Today’s episode is the second of our bonus episodes featuring full length versions of the interviews that we recorded for the main strand of A land without music?

Our guest is Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, mother of 7 talented children, all of whom are classical musicians. Her memoir, House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons, won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Storytelling Award in November 2021 and the following year she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Academy of Music. Kadiatu is also a tireless campaigner for music in education.

Written and presented by Julian Leeks

Produced by Sound World

Music:

Altissima Luce composed by Gavin Bryars and performed by Mary Barrett, Fran Higgs and Juliet McCarthy (listen here)

In The Steps of Apollo composed by Julian Leeks and performed by Zelkova Quartet (listen here)