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Sheku Kanneh-Mason: I like playing in a bar

Sheku Kanneh-Mason: I like playing in a bar

Talking to Zsolt Bognar on Living the Classical Life, the British cellist thinks classical musicians should get out more. Concert halls are fine, he says, but a bar is where you meet different types.

When he’s off duty, he plays Bob Marley and Michael Jackson.

When he’s down, he reads Haydn string quartets.

Watch here.

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