"I can't just let loose the way nonclassical players do, " he admits over lunch at his hotel near Lincoln Center.

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Accordingly, he started a concert series called KnightSounds two years ago, involving contemporary composers, theatrical staging and a post-concert performance of nonclassical music.

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