‘Always be truthful and loyal to yourself’ - Maximilian Hornung’s life lessons

I can still recall precisely when I decided I wanted to be a cello player. I was watching my father play violin in his quartet and was sitting right in front of the cellist. I was transfixed and knew I wanted to do that for the rest of my life. I was already playing the violin and piano at that time, so I had to be extremely stubborn with my mother to convince her to let me switch to the cello!…