‘I’m a classical pianist and I run a non-profit for the arts’

‘I’m a classical pianist and I run a non-profit for the arts’

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norman lebrecht

May 28, 2016

The counter-intuitive world of New York-based musician Nicholas King.

Nick started out stacking shelves in a supermarket. ‘I realized, of all the places I’d played, the one that was most meaningful for me was the meat department.’

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Comments

  • Martin Smith says:

    Magnificent. Very much in Glenn Gould’s footsteps… But no stacking of shelves, just a wonderful feeling for the ordinary person, which Glenn Gould, who used to eat in a Toronto cafe requented by truck drivers, had as well… And the Grieg was exquisite, almost Scriabin…

  • Una says:

    You can just imagine one of us Brits making this …

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