I think it's unrealistic to think that 'art' musicians necessarily listen to art music with their free time. After all, they are just like everyone else in that we all have complex personalities and internal contrasts. Criminal types do perform good deeds now and then; the altruistic sometimes are self-serving and inconsiderate although they would never admit to it. Do any list members know of classical artists who prefer Rap music to most other non-classical music? That's where I find myself lately, much preferring Rap to Pop, Country, and most anything else including the Vivaldi/Mendelssohn/Tchaikovsky/Liszt/Williams Quintet and those neo-romantics of yesterday and today. My wife Ellen Jane is perplexed by my Rap preference. I tell her it's based on the hard-driving rhythms and the primitive nature of the music. She thinks it's just the hot-looking women in the videos; she has a good point there. Overall, I have no reason to assume that classical artists live and breathe the stuff during every waking hour of the day, and it's none of my business what they do with their time. If I remember correctly, I read about a famous classical artist who favors the deceased group named the Carpenters. It's a big world with all sorts of crazy things going on; that's why life is grand. Don Satz [log in to unmask]