Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason wins two Classic Brit Awards
The 19-year-old cellist who played at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding has won two Classic Brit awards.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason picked up male artist of the year and the critics' choice award at the ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall last night.
Markle called the teenage prodigy personally to ask him to play at the royal wedding last month. She had heard of Kanneh-Mason after he became the first black winner of the BBC Young Musician competition in 2016.
Other winners at the Classic Brits were Dame Vera Lynn, 101, who got the lifetime achievement award, and Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, who were together named group of the year. Ball and Boe's Together Again was awarded album of the year. The Greatest Showman won new category Soundtrack of the Year.
Full list of winners:
Female Artist of the Year
Renée Fleming
Male Artist of the Year
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Group of the Year
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe
Soundtrack of the Year
The Greatest Showman OST (Benj Pasek & Justin Paul)
Critics’ Choice in association with Apple Music
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Classic FM Album of the Year
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe
Classic BRITs Icon
Andrea Bocelli
Sound of Classical 2018
Jess Gillam
PPL Classic BRITs Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Tokio Myers
Special Recognition Award for Musical Theatre & Education
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dame Vera Lynn
