Braimah Kanneh-Mason is a dynamic and versatile young violinist. He has performed throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Australia, appearing as a soloist with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
An avid chamber musician, Braimah is a member of the Kanneh-Mason Piano Trio, Festival Academy Budapest Ensemble and Kaleidoscope Collective. He has performed at the BBC Proms, Wigmore, Barbican and Melbourne Symphony Halls, Highgate and Leicester International Chamber Music Festivals.
Braimah has played in and presented an episode of the BBC series, ‘In the Studio’, and co-presented a programme for Classic fm. Braimah is a passionate advocate for equal opportunity and diversity in music education and is a Cultural Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda and a Junior Ambassador for Music in Secondary Schools Trust. He has been a mentor at Sistema England, Junior Music Works and for the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Orchestra.
Braimah is a student of Barnabás Kelemen and a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he was a scholarship student with Mateja Marinkovic and Jack Liebeck, winning the Harold Craxton, the John McAslan and the Dame Ruth Railton Chamber Music Prizes.
Braimah is named as one of Classic FM’s Rising Stars 2026.