British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has received the long-term loan of a 1700 Matteo Gofriller cello. The loan was facilitated by the Florian Leonhard Fellowship, and secured in late May. The cello has been purchased for the 22-year-old’s use by an anonymous syndicate of private investors for a seven-figure sum. Kanneh-Mason, who received an MBE in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List, performed Dvořák’s Cello Concerto on the Gofriller cello on 28 May at London’s Royal Festival Hall, in a concert with the Chineke! orchestra (pictured). He said that the cello ’presents a kaleidoscope of tonal qualities which simply fills the...
