She’s “an ex-studio musician who played on KFC and Lysol television commercials as a struggling 20-something. Now here she is, a globe-trotting superstar … [who] pops up on NPR and the Today show to banter about classical music.” She says, “I have managers who tell me, ‘Oh, maestros don’t do that.’ They’re always trying to get me to be more maestro-like. It’s a losing battle.”