On my radar: Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s cultural highlights – The Guardian

The cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was born in Nottingham in 1999. Aged 17, he won the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition and in 2018 played at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. He was a member of the majority black and minority ethnicChineke! Orchestra, and was awarded an MBE earlier this year. His acclaimed second album, Elgar, was released in January. Kanneh-Mason and his six siblings, all of whom are also musicians, feature in a new documentary, Imagine: This House Is Full of Music, airing on Sunday 12 July on BBC One at 6pm, then on iPlayer.
1. Film
The Last King of Scotland (dir Kevin Macdonald)
Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. Photograph: Allstar/20 CENTURY FOX/Sportsphoto Ltd.
Since lockdown, I have been watching lots of films. My favourite is The Last King of Scotland in which Forest Whitaker plays Idi Amin. His performance is amazing very subtle and nuanced, moving between being humorous and then so dark. For the viewer, it results in a sense of real fear. I love films that give an insight into a particular time in history this one is set in the 1970s. I also really enjoy the music and the way its used to build tension; its a great score.
2. Book
Casals and the Art of Interpretation by David Blum
For a long time, Pablo Casals has been one of my favourite cellists and musicians, and this book, recommended to me by my friend and fellow cellist Guy Johnston, talks a lot about phrasing and musical interpretation, which I find very interesting and useful to explore. I have always loved how natural-sounding Casalss phrases are when he plays the cello almost like singing and this book goes into detail about how he achieves that. I have loved learning about his thoughts and his specific examples from pieces in the cello repertoire that Im familiar with.
3. Food
Ravinder Bhogals pear and port crumble
Photograph: Lara Holmes
During lockdown, we did a family Come Dine With Me competition, split into four teams: my parents, the two younger girls, three older girls, then me, my brother Braimah and our friend Plinio who was staying with us throughout. I messaged the chef Ravinder Bhogal and she gave me this wonderful dessert recipe. It was a massive success and Ive ended up making it about five or six times it keeps getting better and better. My dad probably loves it the most but luckily burns it off with his running! Ill let you guess who won the overall competition
4. Instagram
#UriPosteJukeBox
For 88 days in a row, the violinist Elena Urioste and her pianist husband, Tom Poster, posted a daily video of them playing together. I was really impressed by how they came up with so many new gems for such a long period of time! They even wore different incredible outfits every day. They were three to five minutes long and there were lots of different styles of music. I have played with both of them in the past, and watching these videos made me miss playing chamber music with people like this.
5. Documentary
When We Were Kings (dir Leon Gast)
The Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali v George Foreman, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1974. Photograph: AP
Muhammad Ali is such an inspirational character. I love watching him box and his interviews. He was so amazingly intelligent and quick-witted. In this documentary

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