Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and Bryce Dessner from the National love pushing the boundaries of musical genres

By Sally Pryor
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:46pm, first published January 28 2016 - 12:14pm

Somewhere out there is a world where musical genres don't exist. Or rather, they do exist – of course they do – but they don't matter so much. Classical or rock? Notated or improvised? By a living composer, or a long-dead one? Who cares, really, if the heart is there?

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