How the 7 Kanneh-Mason siblings became classical music sensations
The Kanneh-Mason family boasts seven classically trained musicians, each under the age of 30. The siblings have toured the world and recorded chart-topping albums.
Updated on: August 30, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News
This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 1, 2025. The original video can be viewed here .
Let us make the case that the most successful music conservatory is not in Paris, Vienna or Berlin but rather, in a house on a tree-lined street in Nottingham, England. It might be an unpretentious structure, but it's there that seven extravagant talents were nourished on a variety of instruments before setting off to perform at the world's great concert halls, often as featured soloists with the world's great orchestras. When we first met them last winer, each of the seven was still under age 30, representing the young crossover stars that the ever-greying classical music world so urgently needs. Oh, and one other thing: they're all siblings. presenting: the Kanneh-Masons.
It's rare these days to find all seven Kanneh-Mason siblings under one roof, but when they are back in their childhood home in Nottingham, old habits return quickly.
Amid the din, it's hard to keep thoughts together, much less keep tempo, every room spoken for as the siblings practice Bach or Beethoven or Brahms.
This was the setting that produced what is surely the most statistically improbable story in classical music history: seven siblings, each a virtuoso by almost any definition. Roll call: Jeneba, 23, Aminata, 20, Sheku, 26, Braimah, 27, Isata, 30, Konya, 26, and Mariatu, 17, the Gretl von Trapp, as it were.