There will be no cello serenades for Air Canada by U.K-based cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason any time soon.

He and his piano-playing sister, Isata, were on their way to perform to a packed house at Toronto’s Koerner Hall on Dec. 11, when Kanneh-Mason was told his cello could not come&nbsp; on the trip, even though he had purchased a seat for it.

Kanneh-Mason’s <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;cello is more than 300 years old&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Z-GhQGRi8&amp;ab_channel=FlorianLeonhardFineViolins&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Z-GhQGRi8&amp;ab_channel=FlorianLeonhardFineViolins" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" target="_blank">cello is more than 300 years old</a>, built around 1700 by famous Venetian luthier, Matteo Goffriller. The instrument has an estimated worth of more than $4.5 million.

British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was en route to a concert in Toronto when Air Canada refused to let him board a flight with his cello{ai:summary}<p>U.K. cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was unable to bring his 300-year-old cello to a performance in Toronto, despite purchasing a seat for it. The instrument, crafted by Matteo Goffriller and valued at over $4.5 million, will not accompany him on the trip. </p><p>#culture</p>

No serenades for Air Canada after denying seat to $4.5M cello bound for Toronto concert

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