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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