The Scottish violinist and Edinburgh Festival director is in chatty mood when David Krauss, principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera, sits her down for a one-to-one.
They are connected by a mutual friendship with Wynton Marsalis.
‘You play more notes in one concerto that I do in a year,’ David exclaims.
When playing the Marsalis concerto, Nicky talks of ‘waking up a more improvisatory part of my personality’.
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